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In 1955, eight women signed up as Liaison Committee volunteers for a philanthropic fundraising gala to be held at the most exclusive club in New York—The Metropole. They came to be known as the Ladies who Liaise—eventually shortened to the LwL! When derisively called ‘vixens in volunteer clothing’ by skeptical members of the organizing team, they laughed and adopted the imagery for themselves, becoming…