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BPWC fashion show

Mrs. Ardis Hiller (left) and Mrs. Ross (right) at a BPWC fashion show, 1961.

Boss Night

BPWC members host employers at an Elks Club banquet on Boss Night, October 1961.

Black and white photograph of ten past BPWC presidents pose for a group photograph, 1961. From left to right: Gudvieg Norseth, Clara Berg, Belva Saugstad, Helen Espe, Clara Caouette, Frances Engebretson, Mae Rideout, Ruth Christenson, Ida Twedten, and Betty Ohman.

Ten past BPWC presidents pose for a group photograph, 1961. From left to right: Gudvieg Norseth, Clara Berg, Belva Saugstad, Helen Espe, Clara Caouette, Frances Engebretson, Mae Rideout, Ruth Christenson, Ida Twedten, and Betty Ohman.

BPWC’s original charter members

BPWC’s original charter members at the club’s fortieth anniversary celebration, 1961. Pictured (left to right) are Anna Brustad, Pauline Lohn, Mae Rideout, Ida Twedten, Sue Monroe, and Dr. Blanche Sharp.

Black and white photograph of BPWC president Marian Olson, Mae Rideout, and June Shaver at a party celebrating the Crookston BPWC’s forty-fifth anniversary.

BPWC president Marion Olson with Mae Rideout and June Shaver

BPWC president Marian Olson, Mae Rideout, and June Shaver at a party celebrating the Crookston BPWC’s forty-fifth anniversary.

Black and white photograph of BPWC president Mary Louise Jorgenson (right) cuts cake for Ida Twedten (center), the first BPWC president, at a birthday party held for Twedten, 1966.

Birthday celebration for Ida Twedten

BPWC president Mary Louise Jorgenson (right) cuts cake for Ida Twedten (center), the first BPWC president, at a birthday party held for Twedten, 1966.

Business and Professional Women’s Club, Crookston, 1960–1975

Crookston’s Business and Professional Women’s club (BPWC), started in 1921, was more politically active in the 1960s and 1970s than in its early years. BPWC members made sure to cast their votes for causes important to women, including equal pay for equal work and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).