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Founded in 1894, [4] the YWCA Greater Los Angeles serving the needs of women and their families in the Los Angeles community is modeled after the national Young Women's Christian Association which is a membership movement dedicated to the concept of empowering women by creating opportunities for growth, leadership and eliminating racism.
Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres was a non-profit community organization established in January 1985 in West Hollywood, California. The organization was co-founded by Adel Martinez and Lauren Jardine [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] in 1984 as a women-run center in Los Angeles, and provided services that catered to women, particularly lesbians and a ...
The Ebell of Los Angeles is a women-led and women-centered nonprofit housed in a historic campus in the Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles, California. It includes numerous performance spaces, meeting rooms, classrooms, and the 1,238-seat Wilshire Ebell Theatre. The Ebell works to uplift the Los Angeles community through arts, learning, and ...
The Association for Women in Architecture + Design is a nonprofit professional association based in Los Angeles, California.The organization aims to support women working in the fields of architecture and design through educational programming, networking, and mentoring. [1]
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And in many nations, women are not only put second, but also repressed, abused, and silenced. Learn how to help. 15 Organizations Advocating for Women and Girls Around the World
Two organizations exist today which originate from the same founding members, one organization being the Mothers of East LA and the other being Madres de Este Los Angeles, Santa Isabel. [3] Both groups are primarily focused on environmental justice because they are mothers who have coalesced around something of immediate importance to them, the ...
The club was founded by abolitionist, suffragist, mother, and Los Angeles homemaker Caroline Severance in 1891, with 87 other women in the reading room of the Hollenbeck Hotel, then located at Second and Broadway. [2] The Friday Morning Club became the largest women's club in California, with membership of over 1,800 women by the 1920s. [3] [4] [5]