Youth Lobby booklet, first page
The first page of a Youth Lobby book. This booklet of instructions on lobbying was used by Illinois youth on a trip to Springfield, IL to lobby on behalf of the needs of young people. Several organizations are listed in the booklet as having participated. Mollie West attended the trip, representing American Youth for Democracy, formerly the Young Communist League.
Mollie Lieber West Papers
1947
Copyright is held by the Women and Leadership Archives.
Youth Lobby booklet
This booklet of instructions on lobbying was used by Illinois youth on a trip to Springfield, IL to lobby on behalf of the needs of young people. Several organizations are listed in the booklet as having participated. Mollie West attended the trip, representing American Youth for Democracy, formerly the Young Communist League.
Mollie Lieber West Papers
1947
Copyright is held by the Women and Leadership Archives.
Young Mollie speaking in front of group
A young Mollie West stands to speak in front of a group of young men and women.
Mollie Lieber West Papers
c. 1940
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Young Communist League book
This small book was given to Mollie when she visited Moscow with the other American delegates from the Young Communist League. The inscription inside the front cover reads: "Miss Molly Lieber, from the Young Communist League of the Moscow Conservatory, in honor of your visit to the U.S.S.R."
Mollie Lieber West Papers
1945
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2.5 inches by 2 inches
United Auto Workers members
United Auto Workers recruit union members outside the Curtiss Wright Corporation airplane plant in Buffalo, New York. Mollie West's first husband, Carl Lieber, helped start the Chicago chapter of UAW and is in the left side of this photo.
Mollie Lieber West Papers
1941
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To the Youth of the World announcement
This announcement of the creation of the World Federation of Democratic Youth was released after the World Youth Conference in London in 1945. Mollie attended the Conference as a delegate of the United States.
Mollie Lieber West Papers
1945
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The West family
James, Mollie, and Steven West spend time as a family in the 1950s.
Mollie Lieber West Papers
c. 1950s
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Soviet Union travel book, inside
Travel documents from Mollie's Trip to the Soviet Union in 1945-1946. While in Europe as a delegate to the United States at international youth conventions, Mollie and other members of the American Youth for Democracy (previously Young Communist League) were invited to visit the Soviet Union
Mollie Lieber West Papers
1946
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Soviet Union travel book, Front Cover
Travel documents from Mollie's Trip to the Soviet Union in 1945-1946. While in Europe as a delegate to the United States at international youth conventions, Mollie and other members of the American Youth for Democracy (previously Young Communist League) were invited to visit the Soviet Union
Mollie Lieber West Papers
1946
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Report from Mollie West's FBI file
Scan of Mollie West’s FBI Case file. Parts of the report are blacked out to preserve confidentiality.
Mollie Leiber West Papers
ca. 1954
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