| Show junior leagues growth made in thirty years the nucleus of the present association of junior leagues ot of america was the junior league ot of the new york colle college collee e settlement organized by miss mar mary harriman in 1900 this was fol followed loved in 1906 by the founding of a second teagie in boston baltimore brooklyn and philadelphia having in meanwhile joined the ranks the first general conference was held in 1911 in 1920 the 39 league existing were organized by sirs mrs willard straight dorothy whitney in to the present association and six years later a national headquarters was established in new york city a and nd in the following year an anthology of junior league poetry was waa published in the same year the bulletin since 1912 the ofil cial organ was converted into the junior league magazine there were leagues in the united states representing 39 states and three additional leagues in canada in 1028 the same year a national club with offices and exhibition rooms was established in new york city |
