Guide to the Women's Funding Coalition Records, 1982-1987
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Kopelov Connie
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Connie Kopelov (1926-2016) was born April 14, 1926 in the small industrial town of Kokomo, Indiana, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. After graduating from Northwestern University in 1947 with a BA in political science, Kopelov worked for the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, a citizens' educational organization led by Adlai Stevenson and Louise Leonard Wright, whose mission was to encourage internationalism. In 1955, Kopelov left Chicago for New York City, where her political activism an...
Women's Funding Coalition
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The Women's Funding Coalition (WFC) was established in 1981 and was envisioned as a "United Way" to fund women's organizations through payroll deductions, and represented over thirty community and women's organizations in New York City. The coalition intended to conduct special events to raise money, but its primary efforts were focused on opening the doors of industry and government, and on expanding efforts begun by other groups to broaden the choices of charities available to employees....
