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With more than 60,000 members in affiliated clubs in every state, the District of Columbia, and more than a dozen countries, GFWC members work in their own communities to support the arts, preserve natural resources, advance education, promote healthy lifestyles, and encourage civic involvement, issues related to domestic and sexual violence awareness/prevention, and advocating for children.
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs members vary in age, talents, location, background, and profession, but are united in their dedication to actively improve the lives of others.
60,000+
members in affiliated clubs in every state
2,600
existing volunteer clubs across the globe
130+
founded in 1890, GFWC has over a century of history
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Signature Program: Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention
GFWC creates and leads education, public awareness, and service projects for club members and local citizens at the community level; collaborates with national domestic violence networks and organizations; supports existing activities and established programs; advocates for victims and survivors; and provides educational opportunities to survivors.
GFWC aims to be a powerful voice for victims and survivors.
2024 GFWC National Day of Service
The GFWC National Day of Service (NDS) is a day in which all of GFWC comes together in service to highlight an area of need, take action to address it, and raise public awareness about its importance. State federations and clubs will participate by organizing Community Service Programs (CSP) in their communities as part of NDS.
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WHRC: Women’s History and Resource Center
Founded in 1984, the GFWC Women’s History and Resource Center (WHRC) collects, preserves, interprets, and promotes the history of GFWC. The WHRC documents the social and political contributions of GFWC clubwomen from 1890 to the present through the GFWC archives and related special collections.
Signature Program: Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention
GFWC creates and leads education, public awareness, and service projects for club members and local citizens at the community level; collaborates with national domestic violence networks and organizations; supports existing activities and established programs; advocates for victims and survivors; and provides educational opportunities to survivors.
GFWC aims to be a powerful voice for victims and survivors.
2024 GFWC National Day of Service
The GFWC National Day of Service (NDS) is a day in which all of GFWC comes together in service to highlight an area of need, take action to address it, and raise public awareness about its importance. State federations and clubs will participate by organizing Community Service Programs (CSP) in their communities as part of NDS.
Learn More
WHRC: Women’s History and Resource Center
Founded in 1984, the GFWC Women’s History and Resource Center (WHRC) collects, preserves, interprets, and promotes the history of GFWC. The WHRC documents the social and political contributions of GFWC clubwomen from 1890 to the present through the GFWC archives and related special collections.
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GET SOCIAL
Join us tomorrow in recognizing #PurpleThursday an annual day to show support for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
Connect with allies and advocates, and show solidarity with those experiencing abuse.
For more information about the General Federation of Women’s Clubs Signature Program: Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness & Prevention, visit gfwc.org
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It's WHRC Wednesday! GFWC was saddened to learn of the death of Lilly Ledbetter, whose fight for an equitable salary led to the landmark, bipartisan Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. Ms. Ledbetter was a member of GFWC Alabama Progressive Study Club (Jacksonville), and served the state as District 2 Director. In 2008 she helped prepare our Board Members for a day of legislative advocacy in favor of the Fair Pay Act; in 2021, she was an honored guest speaker at our Convention in Atlanta. In 2011 she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, joining women like our founder Jane Cunningham Croly in the ranks American women of note.
GFWC is proud to have worked alongside this trailblazing woman in her fight for pay equity.
📷 Lilly Ledbetter (right) talks with GFWC Board Member Tammy Garland, 2008. From the December 2008/January 2009 issue of "GFWC Clubwoman".
📷 Ms. Ledbetter (center) talks with GFWC International Past President Juanita M. Bryant (right) and Legislative Consultant Debby Bryant at the 2021 Convention. Courtesy GFWC International President Suellen B. Brazil.
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Today on #WorldEggDay, we want to highlight and celebrate the 143 women of the Kikibá Collective!
With support from Heifer International, this group of women entrepreneurs in rural Mexico is selling cage-free eggs to generate income that improves both their own and their families' quality of life.
In October 2023, the women reached a significant milestone: They sold their 500,000th egg to a local restaurant group.
With every egg sold, Kikibá collective is not just driving economic growth but also championing a legacy in which women are at the forefront of agricultural innovation, setting a precedent for generations to come.
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Today GFWC recognizes World Mental Health Day by planting a Hope Garden of yellow tulips in front of our GFWC Headquarters. The Yellow Tulip Project is committed to helping others realize that even in the darkest of places, hope is always there, and suicide should never be an option.
Founder Julia and her mom Suzanne Fox founded the Yellow Tulip Project to create a space for determined youth to smash the stigma, build community, and inspire productive conversations about how to combat the rising rates of suicide.
To learn more about GFWC Honorary Chairman Suzanne Fox and the Yellow Tulip Project visit www.theyellowtulipproject.org
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It's WHRC Wednesday! Tomorrow, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day. This cause has been close to our hearts at GFWC for almost a century; the Mental Health Program was added to the Public Health Division (then under the Public Welfare Department) in the 1930-1932 administration. Today we work with organizations like the Yellow Tulip Project–co-founded by one of our Honorary Chairmen, Suzanne Fox–to help smash the stigma surrounding mental health struggles, and support our community members and ourselves.
📗Excerpt from the 1954-1956 GFWC administration Community Mental Health Program "Blueprint for Action," providing a structure for member clubs to tackle mental health concerns such as supporting patients, improving local legislation, providing scholarships for mental health professional training, and–last but not least–"Promote your own mental health." From "General Federation Clubwoman," March 1956. … See MoreSee Less
It's WHRC Wednesday! Today, the WHRC is thinking of the many, many people affected in ways both large and small by Hurricane Helene. We know that club members are working on relief efforts, just as we have done during past disasters. I did a little searching in the archives for prior instances; here, for example, is some information related to GFWC and the deadly Galveston, Texas hurricane in 1900.
In a 1999 history of the Wednesday Club of Galveston, member Marilla W. Peters recounted that her great-grandmother Annie Dallam Masterson, also a member of the club, died in the 1900 storm; despite losses such as this, the Wednesday Club worked hard to help their community. As word got out about the disaster, Texas Federation clubs quickly came to the aid of their fellow Texans, demonstrating "the strength and value of this organization." Dimies T.S. Denison of New York, First Vice President of GFWC, encouraged clubs across the country to contribute 25 cents per member to help with recovery. And national fundraising efforts were reported in the General Federation of Women's Clubs journal "The Club Woman," where our editor noted with pride that "American generosity is something for which to be glad."
From "The Wednesday Club – Beginning our 109th Year," 1999 (CH TX 070): "The club engaged exclusively in literary study except for a period of a few months following the disaster of the 1900 Hurricane that almost destroyed the city and killed 6000 of its citizens. It is now listed as the worst natural disaster of the 20th century. However, it did not destroy the determination of the women of the club who began to sew clothing for the victims within a few months of the storm."
From "The Club Woman," January 1901 (MAG 1901.01): "Everyone will be glad to know that up to December tenth, the relief fund for Galveston had reached $1,174,508.53. The disaster was awful, but American generosity is something for which to be glad."
From "History of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs," edited and compiled by Stella L. Christian, 1919 (WHRC Reference Library): "September 8, 1900, occurred that disastrous storm which had all but wiped the fair city of Galveston out of existence. The ready response made by clubs all over the state to calls of distress, testified to the strength and value of this organization as nought else could do. As [the Texas Federation Executive Board meeting in December 1900] was the first official meeting since the great disaster in which Galveston had been overwhelmed with wind and wave, the following resolution was adopted: 'Resolved, That the Executive Board of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, on behalf of the clubwomen of Texas, extends to Galveston the deepest sympathy in the great calamity that has befallen that beautiful city.'"
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GFWC Southern Region Conference CONFIRMED!
The Chairman of the GFWC Southern Region Conference has confirmed with the Hyatt Regency that the event will be held as scheduled — October 4-6, 2024.
GFWC South Carolina looks forward to seeing you in Greenville where they are #cookingupagoodtime!
See you at the GFWC Southern Region Conference!
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