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    The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890 during the Progressive Movement, is a federation of approximately 2,300 women's clubs in...
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    of some local clubs is demonstrated by their women's club buildings being listed on historic registries. In the United States, the General Federation...
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  • of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) is an American organization that was formed in July 1896 at the First Annual Convention of the National Federation of...
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    The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) Headquarters, also known as the Miles Mansion, is located in Washington, D.C. Built as a private residence...
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  • Established in Birmingham in 1895, and admitted to the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) on December 26, 1907. Foster House became the official...
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    act on them. Literary women's clubs in pioneer areas gave women an outlet to explore reading and make friends. Many women’s clubs maintained book collections...
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  • selected their state birds after a campaign was started by the General Federation of Women's Clubs to name official state birds in the 1920s. The last state...
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  • Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs (SCFWC) is a woman's club founded in 1898. The name was changed to the General Federation of Women's Clubs of South...
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  • mothers of children killed in violence Women's Awakening Club, founded 1923 General Federation of Iraqi Women, founded 1969 Iraqi Women's League, founded...
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    of the Vale. The General Federation of Women's Clubs of Arizona was established in 1901 and the Woman's Club of Mesa was founded in 1917 by 53 women....
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    Charlotte Emerson Brown (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Woman of the Century)
    notable as the creator and first president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), a progressive women's movement in America beginning in the 1890s...
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  • The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs (TFWC) is a non-profit women's organization in Texas which was founded in 1897. The purpose of the group is to create...
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    Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs (MS FWC) is a woman's club founded in 1898. It has been a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs since 1904...
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  • The Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs (KFWC) is a community and civic umbrella organization for women in Kentucky. It was founded in 1894 and is affiliated...
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    Jane Cunningham Croly (category Women motivational writers)
    General Federation of Women's Clubs. She also founded the Woman's Press Club of New York City. Jane Cunningham was born in England, the daughter of a...
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  • Elizabeth Hubbell Fisk (category 20th-century American women artists)
    created a Vermont coat of arms which was presented to the General Federation of Women's Clubs in Washington D.C. A duplicate of this weaving hung in the...
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  • The Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc (MSFCWC) is an African American woman's club located in Mississippi. The umbrella organization...
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    largest volunteer women's service organization in the state of New Jersey and a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. There are approximately...
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  • New York City Federation of Women's Clubs (organized February 16, 1903; incorporated 1905) was an American women's organization located in Manhattan, New...
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  • significant number of African American women’s clubs and organizations, including the Oregon Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. Black women organized voter...
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  • Athenaeum Club, El Reno, organized 1897 Shakespeare Club, Guthrie, organized May, 1898 They immediately joined the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC)...
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    Pearl Farmer Richardson (category 20th-century American women writers)
    on the Speakers Research Committee of the United Nations, and represented the General Federation of Women's Clubs as an observer at the United Nations...
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    The Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (IFCWC) was an umbrella organization serving African-American women's clubs in Iowa. The motto of IFCWC was...
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    The South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (SCFCWC) was an African American women's club founded in 1909 in South Carolina. The umbrella organization...
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    Zitkala-Sa (category Members of the Society of American Indians)
    also active in the 1920s in the movement for women's rights, joining the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) in 1921. This grassroots organization...
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  • author Laura Montgomery Henderson (1867-1940), president, Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs Sallie Foster Harshbarger, active in civic and fraternal work...
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    Center Gul-e-Ra'ana Nusrat Industrial Home Women's International Art Club General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) APWA offers programs in: Mother and...
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    compromise with the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. The magazine would start a new department, with content provided by the Federation. Bok's 1920 autobiography...
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  • The Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs (ESFWC) was founded in 1908 and is an umbrella organization for African-American women's groups in New York...
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    California State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Inc. (CSACWC), was a woman's club formed in 1906 with the mission of serving the needs of California's...
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