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Church Women United (CWU) is a national ecumenical Christian women's movement representing Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian women. Founded in 1941, as the United Council of Church Women , [ 1 ] this organization has more than 1,200 local and state units in the United States and Puerto Rico .
Thelma Cornelia Davidson Adair (August 29, 1920 – August 21, 2024) was an American educator, Presbyterian church leader, advocate for human rights, peace and justice issues, writer and activist. She was active with Church Women United, a Christian women's advocacy movement. Davidson Adair was an ordained Elder for the Mount Morris Ascension ...
Church Women United was the largest women's organization when Harvey was elected, with the group having more than 30 million members. Harvey occupied many religious leadership positions traditionally filled by either white women or black men and her efforts were recognized with several awards including America's Churchwoman of the Year and the ...
Oct. 22—The Church Women United of Lawrence County will have World Community Day at 1 p.m. on Nov. 1 at the Methodist Church, Fifth and Center streets, Ironton. They will be taking donations for ...
Between 1955 and 1958, she also was the president of United Church Women. [5] Wedel was one of several women from Church Women United appointed by President Kennedy in 1961 to serve on the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. [5] Wedel was nominated to become president of the NCC in 1969. [6]
The 100 Women in White sing worship music on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Second Baptist Church in Alliance during the group's 26th faith concert event. Members from churches in Stark, ...
Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns by order (34 C, 2 P) Leaders of Catholic female orders and societies (1 C, 9 P) Monasteries of secular canonesses (6 P)
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Woman's Temperance Publishing Association Woman's Union Missionary Society of America for Heathen Lands