Soroptimist International of Phoenix

Soroptimist International of Phoenix is currently one of the largest soroptimist clubs in the world. Its members represent the downtown and central Phoenix communities of executive and professional women. The club was chartered in 1936, and membership is by invitation. Each member is "classified" according to the principal activity of the company or institution for which she works or spends occupational time. It is a charitable organization which focuses on numerous service projects to benefit women and children. Its program areas are economic and social development, health, education, environment, human rights/status of women, and international goodwill and understanding. The club was a co-founder and principal supporter of Girls Ranch and Tumbleweed. In the 1990's it sponsored the Arizona Women's Town Hall. Over the decades club membership has included Arizona leaders, such as Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justices Lorna Lockwood and Ruth McGregor; Secretary of State and Governor Rose Mofford; Secretary of State Betsy Bayless, and other prominent Phoenix professional women such as Jana Bommersbach, Dorothy McLaughlin, Anne Lindeman, and Margaret Rockwell.