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National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, major woman's suffrage group; National Women's Register (NWR), network of local groups and individual members who enjoy lively discussion and conversation; Open Door Council, founded 1926, equal opportunities; Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent; People's Suffrage Federation
Reaching Out: A Story of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (Washington, DC: General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1989). ISBN 978-0-916371-08-1; Meltzer, Paige. "The Pulse and Conscience of America" The General Federation and Women's Citizenship, 1945–1960," Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies (2009), Vol. 30 Issue 3, p52-76. online
Women's clubs in the United States were indexed by the GFWC, and also by Helen M. Winslow who published an annual "register and directory" of the GFWC ones and some more, which was in its 24th annual edition in 1922. [8] The GWFC did not admit clubs for African-American women, and Winslow's directory seems to omit them too.
The Leadership Support Group remains the organizations primary program, providing national support for women to share experiences and skills with their peers. Martha Ackelsberg summarized NCNW's work aim as "to unite women across differences in work to secure for all people decent jobs, wages, housing and other life basics." [3]
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Women's groups, like the NACWC, began to support desegregation in the 1950s. [75] The Montana Federation of Colored Women's Clubs led campaigns for civil rights between 1949 and 1955. [119] They also helped draft anti-segregation legislation. [119] The initial organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 was the Women's Political Council of ...
Women's political advocacy groups in the United States (7 C, 67 P) African-American women's organizations (2 C, 56 P) Asian-American women's organizations (9 P)
Support groups maintain interpersonal contact among their members in a variety of ways. Traditionally, groups meet in person in sizes that allow conversational interaction. Support groups also maintain contact through printed newsletters, telephone chains, internet forums, and mailing lists. Some support groups are exclusively online (see below).