City of Sioux City recently issued the following announcement.
Two of Sioux City’s longest-serving and most impactful organizations are showcased in the new exhibit, A Century of Service: Mary J. Treglia Community House & Junior League of Sioux City 1921-2021, now on display at the Sioux City Public Museum.
The histories of the Mary J. Treglia Community House and the Junior League of Sioux City are closely related. The Sioux City Community House opened on April 7, 1921 as a settlement house modeled after London’s Toynbee Hall and Chicago’s Hull House. Designed to help immigrants transition to new lives as American citizens, the Community House provided educational opportunities, advocacy and material assistance to the people it served.
The women who founded the Junior League of Sioux City held their first meeting on April 11, 1921. As a local chapter of the national organization, the intent was to coordinate their individual volunteer activities to make them more effective. Many of these same women were heavily involved in the founding of the Community House and it remained a focus of the Junior League’s volunteer efforts for many years.
Photographs and memorabilia chronicle their varied 100-year history. Both organizations have evolved over the past century to better meet the needs of the Sioux City community, but their original spirit of service has remained constant.
The exhibit will be on display through March 27, 2022. It joins the Museum’s popular traveling exhibition, Thomas D. Mangelsen – A Life In The Wild, a display of wildlife images by the renowned Nebraska native, which is on display through January 16, 2022.
The Sioux City Public Museum is located at 607 4th Street in downtown Sioux City. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Protective masks/face coverings are encouraged for those who have not received the COVID-19 vaccination. For more information, call 712-279-6174 or visit SiouxCityMuseum.org.
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