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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 ...
Fuerza Unida was founded in 1990 by former employees of Levi Strauss & Co., protesting the sudden closure of the company's San Antonio plant and shifting of labor overseas to Costa Rica. This resulted in loss of employment by 1,250 Mexican and Mexican-American women.
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The institute was founded in San Antonio in 1869, as a sister house of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Galveston, Texas. In 1869, Bishop Dubuis chose three from the Galveston community, St. Madeleine Chollet, St. Pierre Cinquin, and Agnes Buisson to begin a new house in San Antonio and open the first hospital in the area.
Tory Burch is empowering women entrepreneurs. Amanda Gorman uses her words to create social change, while Hillary Clinton, Malala, and Shaina Taub are bringing the story of women’s suffrage to ...
Ella Austin Orphanage is an orphanage in San Antonio, Texas.It grew out of the home of Ella and Edward Austin, moved to larger premises, and became established in 1897. As well as serving children in need it became a hub for local community and philanthropic endeavors.
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 ...
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. [5] It is the largest feminist organization in the United States with around 500,000 members. [6]