LU266

Photograph, Digital

1950 Approximate

Janesville Mother's Club. Description: black and white image of seventeen young mothers posed in one of the member's living room; individuals are numbered and identified, 1) Leona Strunk; 2) Ellen Jewison Tetzloff; 3); Irene Jenson; 4) Ruth Fury; 5) Pearl Winter; 6) Grace Sandberg; 7) Harriet Tetzloff; 8) Audrey Scott; 9) Margaret Thissen; 10) Fran Arnoldt; 11) Jean Koehler; 12) Veronica Meyer; 13) Jean Blasing; 14) Ruth Wiste; 15) Reba Wadd; 16) Mahela Schultz; 17) Clarice Denison .

Janesville Mothers Club began with a group of young mothers in 1941 for the purpose of organizing to bring a close understanding and unity between mother and child; over the years the club projects included getting a kindergarten started in the public school, starting a school hot lunch program, providing a school sickroom, World War II efforts such as folding bandages, furnishing comfort kits for soldiers, March of Dimes campaign; in 1957 they nominated fellow member, Reba Wadd for Janesville Mother of the Year which led to her being chosen as the Waseca County Mother of the Year in 1957. LU is the designation given to all photos that are obtained or donated to the WCHS as scanned images only. The original image is retained by the donor or not available to the Society.