Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs

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 guide to the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Scrapbook, 1926, 1939-1940, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)