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Designated PHMC. June 19, 1997 [1] The New Century Guild, now the New Century Trust, is an historic women's support organization which is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1882, it is one of the oldest and largest organizations devoted to meeting the needs of women in the labor force. From its founding, the organization's ...
Female education is a catch-all term for a complex set of issues and debates surrounding education ( primary education, secondary education, tertiary education, and health education in particular) for girls and women. [1] [2] It is frequently called girls' education or women's education. It includes areas of gender equality and access to education.
Bethlehem Female Seminary. Coordinates: 40.630°N 75.380°W. The Bethlehem Female Seminary was established in 1742 in Germantown, Philadelphia and was the first Protestant boarding school for girls in what became the United States. [1] The Bethlehem Female Seminary later became known as the Moravian Female Seminary, and in 1863 the seminary was ...
In 1966 the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded by a group of feminists including Betty Friedan. The largest women's rights group in the U.S., NOW seeks to end sexual discrimination, especially in the workplace, by means of legislative lobbying, litigation, and public demonstrations.
New Century Club (Philadelphia) Coordinates: 39.9494°N 75.1606°W. New Century Club, Philadelphia. The New Century Club of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was founded in 1877. It was one of the first women's clubs in the United States, and included professional women as well as women active in women's rights and the abolition movement.
In the late 1990s, a group of women invited women leaders to discuss and encourage them in philanthropy directed at issues that affected them. From there the idea of WGF was planted and grew. By 2002, this group of women and others came together to create the Women and Girls Foundation, an organization aimed at impacting change through public ...
Women's Way is a grantmaking, advocacy, and education 501 (c) (3) status nonprofit that deals with current issues facing women and girls in the greater Philadelphia region. [1] Several women-focused nonprofits formed the organization in the late-1970s in response to financial struggles. The causes they served at the time were controversial and ...
Feminism. Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training. [1] [2] [3] Women's empowerment equips and allows women to make life-determining decisions through the ...