Show junior leagues growth made in thirty years the nucleus of the present assort atlon of junior leagues of america was sas the junior league of the new lork ork college settlement organized organize dby by miss mary harriman in 1900 this was followed in 1800 by the founding of a second league in boston balti more brooklyn and philadelphia hav ing meanwhile joined the ranks the first general conference was held in 1911 in 1920 the 39 leagues then ex asting were organized by mrs wll wil lard straight dorothy whitney in to the present aR association and six years later a national headquarters was established in new york city and in the following year an anthol ogy of junior league poetry was pub fished in the same year the bulletin since 1912 the official organ was con averted into the junior league mag azine there were leagues in the united states representing 89 39 states and three leagues in can ada in 1928 the same year a na dional club with offices and exhibit tion rooms was established in new york lork city |