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On July 3, 1984, the Supreme Court ruled that women must be allowed membership
privileges in the Jaycees. In April 1985, the US Jaycee Women Executive Council drafted a resolution to dissolve the US Jaycee
Women on July 1, 1985. The membership voted on and passed that resolution at the Indianapolis National Convention on June
17, 1985. At this convention, a special meeting was held with those interested in reorganizing as the Women of Today.
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History of Our Club
First talk of a state organization was in the fall of 1949, when some Jaycee wives met to
discuss it. In May of 1950, the Mrs. Jaycees of Minnesota was born. During the next five years, we grew to over 60 chapters.
In 1957, Minnesota had grown to the largest Mrs. Jaycees organization in the nation with 90 chapters. At Summer Awards 1974,
we celebrated our 25th anniversary. In 1979 our membership had grown to 5000. In 1982-83 affiliation was a big issue. The
US Jaycees said there had to be a Jaycee chapter in order to have a Jaycee Women chapter in the community. We worked closely
with the Jaycees to establish Jaycee chapter so that no Jaycee Women chapters would be lost.
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