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The P.E.O. Sisterhood (Philanthropic Educational Organization) is a U.S.-based international women's organization of about 197,000 members, with a primary focus on providing educational opportunities for female students worldwide. The Sisterhood is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, with chapters
The P.E.O. Sisterhood now includes hundreds of thousands of women. It operates Cottey College , a private women's college in Missouri. Roads' quotation "We P.E.O. women would join hands in any movement looking toward the abolishment of war" is used as the slogan of a Sisterhood-funded scholarship intended to promote international peace through ...
Alice Bird Babb (May 8, 1850 – November 21, 1926) was a professor and one of the founders of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.She worked with the sisterhood for 36 years. In 2022, a Wyoming chapter held a play in which members portrayed her and the six other founders.
P.E.O. Hall is the oldest of the existing dormitories, and was erected in 1939. It has 10 suites, housing about 100 students. It was the first building to be paid by the P.E.O. Sisterhood after it acquired the college. [12] Reeves Hall was built in 1949 on the site where a prior Cottey dormitory, Missouri Hall, had burned down in 1940. [13]
In the 1930s, clubwomen involved in the PEO Sisterhood, protected the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado. [159] In New Mexico, the Valley of Fires Recreation Area was created through the work of the Carrizozo Woman's Club. [147] Women's clubs also helped preserve historical areas.
Old Persian, ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 language code peo; Pancyprian Federation of Labour, an umbrella organization for trade unions in Cyprus (Greek: Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία, Pankypria Ergatiki Omospondhia) P.E.O. Sisterhood, an international women's organization with headquarters in North America
[1]: 479 While her husband was in the Senate, Bess became a member of the Congressional Club, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the H Street United Service Organization, and the Red Cross work of the group informally known as the "Senate Wives". [13]
P.E.O. Sisterhood is part of the Fraternities and Sororities WikiProject, an effort to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Greek Life on the Wikipedia. This includes but is not limited to International social societies, local organizations, honor societies, and their members.