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  2. New Century Guild - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Women's Way - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Women's empowerment - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Three Logan Square - Wikipedia

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    Three Logan Square, formerly known as the Bell Atlantic Tower, is a 55-story skyscraper located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Standing 739 ft (225 m) tall to its structural top, the building encloses 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m 2) of office space. The building, designed by the Philadelphia-based architecture firm Kling Lindquist, was ...

  6. How 'Women's Empowerment' Lost Its Meaning - AOL

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    Today the phrase “women’s empowerment” has eclipsed “community empowerment” and “employee empowerment.” It, too, came to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s. It, too, came to ...

  7. Centre Square (building) - Wikipedia

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    Centre Square (building) /  39.95194°N 75.16611°W  / 39.95194; -75.16611. Centre Square is an office complex in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of two concrete high-rise towers: the 417 feet (127 m) Centre Square I, also known as Centre Square East, and the 490 feet (150 m) Centre Square II (Centre Square ...

  8. Timeline of women's suffrage in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    December 5: The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends creates an Equal Rights Association. [10] 1903. November 7: State women's suffrage convention is held in Philadelphia. [10] 1904. The Allegheny County Equal Rights Association (ACERA) is created. [11] November 3–5: The state suffrage convention is held in Easton.

  9. Cira Centre - Wikipedia

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    Turner Construction. The Cira Centre is a 29- story, 437-foot (133 m) office high-rise in the University City section of Philadelphia, directly connected to Amtrak 's 30th Street Station. Developed by Brandywine Realty Trust and designed by César Pelli, it was built in 2004-05 on a platform over rail tracks.