|
 Junior
League of Oakland-East Bay, Inc. (JLOEB) has contributed more
than 7 million hours and approximately $3 million to community
agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa who serve vulnerable children
and their families.
JLOEB
celebrated their 70th Anniversary in 2005.
Fashion
critic, Steven Cojocaru, spoke at JLOEB's May Annual Dinner
in 2004.
Our
Sustainer member, Maridel M. Moulton, was President of JLOEB
in 1981-1982 and later went on to be the President of the Association
of Junior Leagues International from 1988-1990.
First
Lady Laura Bush met with our chair of the committee Teach for
America in 2001 to recognize our work.
Diablo
Publications awarded JLOEB member Carla Koren and Super Stars
Literacy Program as winners of Threads of Hope Award 2005.
Famous
AJLI Members:
| Member |
Position
and Community Service |
Junior
League |
| Mary
Harriman Rumsey |
Founder
of the Junior League--1901; First defender of consumer rights
as Chair of the Consumers' Advisory Board of the National
Resource Administration in President Franklin Roosevelt's
Administration, 1933 |
The
City of New York |
| Eleanor
Roosevelt |
First
Lady; social reformer; humanitarian; author. As U.S. Delegate
to the United Nations, she shaired the Human Rights Commission
during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights--adopted 1948 |
The
City of New York |
| Oveta
Culp Hobby |
First
Commander of Women's Army Corps 1941; First U.S. Secretary
of Health, Education & Welfare 1953 |
Houston,
TX |
| Sandra
Day O'Connor |
First
female U.S. Supreme Court Justice, appointed 1981 |
Phoenix,
AZ |
| Barbara
Bush |
First
Lady; literacy activist |
Houston,
TX |
| Laura
Bush |
First
Lady; literacy activist |
Austin,
TX |
| Betty
Ford |
First
Lady; substance abuse prevention activist |
Grand
Rapids, MI |
| Nancy
Reagan |
First
Lady; substance abuse prevention activist |
Los
Angeles, CA |
| Eudora
Welty |
Author;
Pulitzer prize for The Optimist's Daughter, 1972 |
Jackson,
MS |
| Shirley
Temple Black |
Child
actress; Delegate to the United Nations (1969); U.S. Ambassador
to Ghana; Czech and Slovak Republics |
Palo
Alto, CA |
| Katherine
Hepburn |
Actress;
women's issues activist |
Hartford,
CT |
| Sarah
Palfrey Cook Danzig |
Tennis
champion; two-time Wimbledon champion |
The
City of New York |
|
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|
|
| Elected
to Gov't |
U.S.
House of Representatives |
Junior
League |
| Ruth
Baker Sears Pratt |
Served
1929-1933; first woman elected by NY |
The
City of New York |
| Isabella
Selmes Greenway |
Served
1934-1937 |
The
City of New York |
| Frances
Payne Bolton |
Served
1940-1969 |
Cleveland,
OH |
| Mary
E. Pruett Farrington |
Served
1954-1957 |
Honolulu,
HI |
| Lynn
Martin |
Served
1981-1985; U.S. Secretary of Labor 1991-1993 |
Rockford,
IL |
| Tillie
Fowler |
1993-2001 |
Jacksonville,
FL |
| Jennifer
Dunn |
1993-2005 |
Seattle,
WA |
| Anna
Eshoo |
1993-present |
Palo
Alto, CA |
| Carolyn
Maloney |
1993-present |
The
City of New York |
| Judy
Biggert |
1998-present |
Chicago,
IL |
|
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|
|
| Elected
to Gov't |
U.S.
Senate |
Junior
League |
| Margaret
Chase Smith |
First
woman elected to the Senate |
Bangor,
ME |
|
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|
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| Elected
to Gov't |
Canadian
Parliament |
Junior
League |
| Margaret
McTavish Konantz |
Member,
Canadian Parliament, 1963-1968 |
Winnipeg,
MB |
| Florence
Bird |
Member,
Canadian Parliament, 1978-1983 |
Winnipeg,
MB |
| Bobbie
Sparrow |
Member,
Canadian Parliament, 1984-1988 |
Calgary,
AB |
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