JUNIOR LEAGUE

The 'Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc.' (AJLI) is a nonprofit organization of 293 'Junior Leagues' in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Junior Leagues are educational and charitable women's organizations aimed at helping their communities and improving their members through volunteerism. As a side effect of this they also benefit their members by offering networking opportunities.
The first Junior League, the Junior League for the Promotion of the Settlement Movement (now the Junior League of the City of New York, Inc.) was founded in 1901 in New York CIty by Mary Harriman, daughter of the wealthy railroad executive Edward H. Harriman. The organization's first project was a settlement house. The league was soon emulated, and by 1921, 30 Leagues joined to form the national association.
In 1921, Dorothy Payne Whitney became the first president of the Association of Junior Leagues International Inc., operating as the umbrella organization for all Junior Leagues worldwide. There are currently 293 Leagues in Canada, the United States, Mexico and the UK^[1]. The first League outside the United States was in Montreal, Canada.

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Notable League Members

Notes

External links

Notable League Members

★ Barbara Bush, former First Lady

★ Carolyn Maloney, US Congresswoman

★ Mary Harriman, founder of the Junior League

★ Nancy Reagan, former First Lady

★ Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

★ Sandra Day O'Connor, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

★ Mrs. Ross Perot

★ Judith Giuliani

Notes

1. Association of Junior Leagues International Inc Web Site

External links

★ Association of Junior Leagues International

★ Canadian Federation of Junior Leagues

★ Junior League of Annapolis

★ Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale

★ Junior League of Fort Myers

★ Junior League of Jackson

★ Junior League of Lafayette

★ Junior League of Little Rock

★ Junior League of Olympia

★ Junior League of Nashville

★ Junior League of the City of New York

★ Junior League of Northern Virginia

★ Junior League of Philadelphia

★ Junior League of Richmond

★ Junior League of Saint Paul

★ Junior League of Salt Lake City

★ Junior League of Seattle