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The Woman's Club of San Antonio is a philanthropic civic organization located in Bexar County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was founded October 1, 1898 by Mary Eleanor Brackenridge, [1] Marin B. Fenwick [2] and sixteen other individuals who had been inspired by the National Federation of Women's Clubs. Brackenridge served as the organization's ...
The family moved to San Antonio in 1942. [1] [4] She attended Christ the King Private School and later graduated from Providence High School. [2] After high school she worked with The Salvation Army while taking college courses at night at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She graduated in 1979 with a bachelor's degree, which took her 20 ...
On October 1, 1898, the Woman's Club of San Antonio was organized by Brackenridge and Marin B. Fenwick., [8] a precursor of other similar civic and social organizations in the city. The organization was the vanguard of Texas women's clubs in promoting women's suffrage. Brackenridge served as the organization's president for the first seven ...
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Members of this organization describe how Mrs. Austin founded the Progressive Women as a group that would support philanthropic endeavors in the community, particularly the work of the children’s home. Their work paved the way for the continuation of the orphanage even after Ella Austin died as a result of heart disease on November 5, 1902.
Emily Edwards (October 7, 1888– February 16, 1980) was a co-founder and first president of the San Antonio Conservation Society.She was an artist, historian and teacher, and a lifelong friend of Diego Rivera.
San Antonio (/ ˌ s æ n æ n ˈ t oʊ n i oʊ / SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 U.S. census. [12]
The Conservation Society of San Antonio (legally incorporated as the San Antonio Conservation Society) is located in the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. Founding members were Emily Edwards , who became the organization's first president, and Rena Maverick Green .