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The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. ( NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities. Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of NCNW, wanted to encourage the participation of Negro women in civic, political ...
The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ( PFASS) was founded in December 1833, a few days after the first meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society (in Philadelphia), and dissolved in March 1870 following the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was founded by eighteen women, including Lucretia Mott ...
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 ...
It advocates on behalf of black women and girls, as well as promotes leadership development and gender equity in health, education, and economic empowerment. Other social and family organizations. The Girl Friends, Incorporated is a social organization of African American women.
The Mississippi University for Women honored former students Diane Hardy, Barbara Turner, Laverne Greene-Leech, Jacqueline Edwards, Mary Flowers and Eula Houser who integrated the institution in ...
MARYCLAIRE DALE. April 12, 2024 at 11:01 AM. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thirty years ago, as women’s rights advocates worked to pass the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, domestic violence was still ...
75 Women Empowerment Quotes from the Most Inspirational Ladies in History. Chelsea Candelario. February 28, 2024 at 2:24 PM.
Since 1987 the Ms. Foundation and Ms. Magazine have been separate entities: Ms. Magazine is published by the Feminist Majority Foundation. Personnel. The founding group initially did most of the work for fund-raising for the Ms. Foundation until in 1975, a full-time executive director was hired.