Brief Description:
Measure for Measure raised funds and supplies through connections with other local groups and demographics. This group worked with Maxine Franz, a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. This connection enabled the group to raise funds through a bank account publicized in the newspaper so that any concerned person could go to the back and deposit money. The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom members also contributed food and clothing for locals and books for the Freedom School’s library. Mary Sue Gellaty kept Maxine Franz and the other women informed about the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party election and other activities. Measure for Measure also worked with local artists and in the prison.
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Funds Asked for Striking Mississippi Field Hands, Capital Times, June 19, 1965
Selma Voter Registration official Will Speak Here, Capital Times, May 27, 1965
Art Sale to Benefit Rights Workers, Waukesha Daily Freeman, June 16, 1965
13 Waupun Inmates Donate From Pay, Kenosha News, May 4, 1965
Image of Donations, Capital Times, November 29, 1965
Letters between Maxine Franz and Mary Sue Gellaty, May 1965, Council of Federated Organizations Shaw Office, Wisconsin Historical Society
Letters between Maxine Franz to Mary Sue Gellaty, March 1965, Council of Federated Organizations Shaw Office, Wisconsin Historical Society
Letters between Maxine Franz and Mary Sue Gellaty, November 1964, Council of Federated Organizations Shaw Office, Wisconsin Historical Society
Letter, Maxine Franz to Mary Sue Gellaty, October 1964, Council of Federated Organizations Shaw Office, Wisconsin Historical Society
Letter, Betty G. to Alicia Kaplow, Alicia Kaplow Papers, Wisconsin Historical Society