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Materials in this folder relate to Siegel's tenure as Chairman of the League of Women Voters' Los Angeles Legislative Action Committee, a post she held in 1949. Included is correspondence, memoranda, notes, and several editions of the League Reporter, the League of Women Voters' official newsletter. Materials pertain to the League's commitment to overcoming racial and economic discrimination.

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This folder includes materials pertaining to discrimination in the housing market, with an emphasis on race-restricted covenants and the Supreme Court's decision in Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) which prevented the enforcement of the covenants in court. Included in the series are article clippings, memoranda, correspondence, handwritten notes, and a breakdown of the racial and ethnic composition of public housing developments in the City of Los Angeles.

Scope and Content From 1949 to 1950, Siegel served as Housing Commission Chairman for the Los Angeles County Conference on Community Relations, a consortium of community-based organizations that aimed to advance racial and economic equality and challenge institutionalized discrimination throughout Los Angeles County. These files include materials related to an ordinance drafted by Siegel and other conference members in 1950 that prohibited segregation and discrimination in urban redevelopment projects....

Scope and Content In 1948, Siegel served as a staff representative to the Legal and Civic Action Committee of the American Jewish Committee's Los Angeles chapter. During Siegel's tenure, the Committee launched an investigation into the racial pattern of tenant selection in Los Angeles County's public housing developments, and determined that whites, Mexican-Americans, and African-Americans were segregated in separate housing projects, with African-Americans assigned to inferior quarters. Included in this...

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In 1948, Siegel authored an article entitled The Supreme Court Rules Out the Race Restrictive Covenant, which was published in the Women Lawyers' Journal and discusses Shelley v. Kremer's implications on race restrictive covenants. Included in the folder are two copies of Siegel's article and three letters of commendation that were subsequently mailed to Siegel.

Scope and Content Siegel served as Chairman of the Housing Committee for the Los Angeles County Conference on Community Relations, an organization that functioned as an information clearinghouse and sought to coordinate housing and community development efforts in Los Angeles County. The file consists of materials related to Siegel's tenure at the Conference. Included is an informational pamphlet discussing the scope and purview of the Conference; minutes from the Conference's staff and committee meetings;...

Scope and Content In 1949, the Council for Civic Unity of San Francisco submitted an ordinance and a resolution to the County Board of Supervisors that aimed to prevent discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, or ancestry for all redevelopment projects within the county. During this effort, several members of the Council consulted with Siegel, who was spearheading a similar effort in Los Angeles at the time. The file is comprised of materials related to the proposed San Francisco ordinance and the...

Scope and Content In 1950, Siegel was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the California Federation for Civic Unity, an organization that advocated racial and religious tolerance in public affairs. Prior to her nomination to the Board of Directors, Siegel had served as the Chairman of the Housing Workshop for the organizations fourth annual conference in 1949. Materials in this folder correspond to Siegel's contributions to the Federation between 1949 and 1950. Included are informational pamphlets;...

Scope and Content This folder consists of miscellaneous materials related to civil liberties in general. Included is a memorandum regarding the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948; a copy of the Bill of Rights; an article clipping and a report regarding civil rights legislation proposed by President Truman in 1948; a court transcript from Oyama v. California (1946), a Supreme Court case that challenged the validity of...