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Affiliates in 1949

1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 State and regional councils in 1949 were coordinated by Gladys Groves, who oversaw 26 of them.

2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 Eleanor Roosevelt was the keynote speaker at the Tri-State (NY, NJ, and CT) Council on the Family meeting.

3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 During that year, Hank Bowman from Stephens College in New York conducted a study of “College Courses in Marriage and Family Life,” which became a valuable benchmark for change in future years. NCFR membership listed in January 1949 was 2,760.

4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 Eleven national committees were activated:

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  2. National Committee on Economic Basis of the Family, chaired by Christine Newell
  3. National Committee on Education for Marriage and Family Living in the Colleges, chaired by Dorothy Dyer
  4. National Committee on Education for Marriage and Family Living in the Community, chaired by William Smith
  5. National Committee on Education for Marriage and Family Living in the Schools, chaired by Esther Handwerk
  6. National Committee on Marriage and Family Counseling, chaired by John F. Cuber
  7. National Committee on Marriage and Family Research, chaired by Paul Landis
  8. National Committee on Mass Media, chaired by Stella Applebaum
  9. National Committee on Religion and the Family, chaired by Samuel Hamilton
  10. National Committee on Teacher Preparation, chaired by Rebecca Nelson
  11. National Committee on International Liaison, chaired by David Mace
  12. National Committee on Marriage and Family Law, chaired by Harriet F. Pilpel

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