History of The Junior League

Mary Harriman established the Junior League by founding the first chapter in New York City in 1901. As a young debutante, she was deeply affected by the adverse conditions immigrants faced living on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. She decided to harness the women in her social group to bring change through volunteerism.

Alongside 80 other young women, the 19-year-old identified ways to improve the city’s social conditions. Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was an early member, joining the New York League in 1903. The group’s grassroots efforts proved inspirational and quickly spread across the country. In 1921, the Association of Junior Leagues was formed to provide an umbrella of strategic and administrative support to the fast-growing organization. As a result, there are now 296 Junior Leagues with 111,000 members worldwide.

• 1987

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• 1973a special year

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• 1964

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