Women
in Leisure Services is a national
organization for professional women involved in the delivery of leisure and community services in private, commercial and
municipal settings. A network of chapters serves administrators, supervisors, educators, therapists and armed forces
professionals in defined geographic areas throughout the country.
The organization was founded in 1935 as Chi Kappa
Rho
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A brief personal history of the founding of the organization:
Maxine Hjelte met with Helen I. Pontius and others
at a luncheon in 1935. Maxine and Helen worked for the Los Angeles City of Recreation and
Parks Department as recreation directors. Helen was so delighted to plan for a “sorority”
with Maxine and a few others, knowing ladies needed an organization like the men already had. Maxine said Helen was the true
founder and the others with her were her “planning committee”. The original
name was derived from three Greek letters XKP symbolizing;
CHARACTER, KNOWLEDGE and RECREATION.
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