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  • Collection ID WLA1999.14
  • Creator Names Brown, Helen Sauer, 1923-
  • Title Helen Sauer Brown papers, 1944-1998
  • Physical description .5 linear foot.
  • Collection arrangement Series 1. Personal and Family Papers, 1944-1998. Series 2. Academic Papers, Masters' Degree, 1969-1970 ; Chronological arrangement.
  • Biographical or Historical Note Born February 7, 1923, Findley, Ohio. Distinguished entrepreneur and activist. Helen Sauer Brown, distinguished entrepreneur in LaGrange, IL, has held positions in several business organizations including being the first woman president of the West Suburban Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Ms. Bronw has been active in the peace movement, is dedicated to gaining women's equality, and was an organizer of the Equal Rights Amendment on behalf of the organization Illinois Catholic Women. She taught religion at Nazareth Academy and served as president of a religious education consulting service. In 1993 she received the "Outstanding Working Woman of Illinois Award" for her accomplishments.
  • Collection summary The Helen Sauer Brown Papers are divided between personal/family papers and academic papers. Personal and family papers include photographs, wedding and anniversary mementos, statements on War Tax Resistance and the Equal Rights Amendment, and the story of her husband's prisoner of war experience during World War II. Academic papers include reports, exams, and class notes written during her studies at Mundelein College, Chicago, IL, for her Masters' degree in Religious Studies.
  • Access and usage restrictions Some restrictions may apply.
  • Finding Aids Note Finding aid available in repository; folder level.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note See Also: Mundelein College Records held at the Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago.
  • Names
    • Brown, Helen Sauer, 1923- Archives.
    • Loyola University of Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives.
  • Subjects
    • Businesswomen Illinois.
    • War tax resistance.
    • Christian education Illinois.