About
Harriet Kenderdine


Harriet Kenderdine 

Harriet Webb Kenderdine, a 1921 graduate of Vassar College and the University of Minnesota and the University of California Berkley graduate schools, was best known for her work with the League of Women Voters of Lancaster County. She was also very active in numerous civic organizations in Lancaster County.

  • Committee on Cultural Relations with Latin America, Executive Director, nd.

  • Inter-American Seminar: Social & Political Problems in Washington, Executive Director, nd.

  • Regional Specialist, Mexico, Office of Inter-American Affairs, 1941-1945

  • LWVLC President1950-1960 LWVLC President and LWVPA Public Relations Chair, Foreign Policy Chair

  • LWVPA Board of Directors 1955-1962

  • LWVPA Pennsylvania Voter editor 1957-1959

  • Chair, Lancaster County Health Division of Lancaster County Community Council, nd.

  • LWVUS Board of Directors 1962-1966, Foreign Policy Chair

  • Democratic National Platform Committee Convention, 1964, LWV representative

  • Speaker at the House of Foreign Affairs Committee hearings on Foreign Aid, 1965

  • LWVUS Board of Trustees, 1966 Overseas Education Fund

  • Women of Achievement Award, Soroptimist Club, 1965 - https://www.soroptimist.org/

  • LWVUS, Foreign Trade expert, 1970s.