Carolyn Farrell papers, 1942-2000.

World Conference on Women (4th : 1995 : Beijing, China)

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The 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing marked a significant turning point for the global agenda for gender equality. The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, adopted unanimously by 189 countries, is an agenda for women’s empowerment and considered the key global policy document on gender equality. The Beijing conference built on political agreements reached at the three previous global conferences on women (these took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenha...

Loyola University of Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives.

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Loyola University Chicago

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The St. Ignatius College Jesuit Community was established in 1857 by Father Arnold Damen, S.J. The name changed to the Loyola Jesuit Community following the re-chartering of St. Ignatius College as Loyola University in 1909. From the description of Litterae Annuae et Historia Domus Universitatis Loyolaeae (Collegii St. Ignatii) Chicagiensis, 1920-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 771916724 ...

National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education

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Farrell, Carolyn, 1934-

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Born November 2, 1934, in Des Moines, Iowa. Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; first woman mayor of Dubuque, Iowa; director of the Gannon Center for Women and Leadership. Carolyn Farrell, B.V.M., was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on November 2, 1934, to James (Les) and Catherine Farrell. The oldest of six children, Carolyn attended Holy Trinity Elementary School and St. Joseph Academy in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1953, at the age of 18, Carolyn entered the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Vir...

Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dubuque, Iowa)

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Mundelein College

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Women's Catholic College established by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virigin Mary (BVMs) in 1930; merged with Loyola University Chicago in 1991; the final Mundelein graduation took place in 1993. Mundelein was the first self-contained skyscraper college for women in the world and the last four-year women's college in Illinois at the time of its affiliation with Loyola. The official groundbreaking for the school occured on November 1, 1929, just days after the stock market crashed. The b...

Loyola University of Chicago. Gannon Center for Women and Leadership.

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