New Texas Foundation

Formerly the Community Leadership Commission, the New Texas Foundation was Governor Ann Richards' non-profit organization that supported and managed educational and women's development initiatives, such as the Governors' Commission for Women which sponsored the Texas Women's Hall of Fame, Take Our Daughters to Work, and the State Agency Council's program on Outstanding Women in Public Service, to name a few.

From the description of New Texas Foundation Records, 1983-1996 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 773828736

Formerly the Community Leadership Commission, the New Texas Foundation was Governor Ann Richards’ non-profit organization that supported and managed educational and women’s development initiatives, such as the Governors’ Commission for Women which sponsored the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame, Take Our Daughters to Work, and the State Agency Council’s program on Outstanding Women in Public Service, to name a few.

Source:

Cottrel, Debbie Mauldin. Governor’s Commission for Women. Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed November 4, 2010. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/mdg05.

From the guide to the New Texas Foundation Records 96-243., 1983-1996, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)