Texas Federation of Women's Clubs

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Dates:
Active 1947
Active 1980

Biographical notes:

The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs was chartered at Waco, Texas, on May 13-14, 1897, with Mrs. Edward Rotan as the first president and 21 charter clubs represented. It is now comprised of twelve regional districts. Lubbock, Texas, is in the Caprock District, and the state headquarters are in Austin, Texas.

From the description of Records, 1947-1980. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 23010861

The largest voluntary association of women in the state, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs (TFWC) was founded in 1897 to combine the efforts of existing women's literary clubs around the state.

Since then, the scope of the TFWC's work has expanded to include the promotion of improvements in education, natural resource conservation, domestic issues, public affairs, international affairs, the arts, and Texas heritage. The organization's first few decades were a time of great activism as it fought for many of the reforms of the Progressive movement, including child labor legislation, public health and humane prisons.

Source:

Seaholm, Megan. "Texas Federation of Women's Clubs." Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed March 3, 2011.

From the description of Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Scrapbook, 1926, 1939-1940 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 772191693

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Subjects:

  • Charities
  • Prisons
  • Progressivism (United States politics)
  • Women
  • Women social reformers

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  • Texas (as recorded)
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