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Title
D1703-4
Date(s)
- 1935-09-02 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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An estimated 10,000 people attended the Townsend Club picnic held at Spanaway Park on Labor Day in 1935. In 1933, Francis E. Townsend had begun a personal campaign to fight the poverty that plagued the senior citizens of the United States. Supporters of his cause began Townsend Clubs. At its peak the Townsend Club movement claimed over five million members. (T. Times, 9/3/1935, p. 1).
Older people; Townsend Clubs of America (Tacoma); Haynes, Ruby; Wiilliams, Sarah;