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The P.E.O. Sisterhood (Philanthropic Educational Organization) is a U.S.-based international women's organization of about 197,000 members, with a primary focus on providing educational opportunities for female students worldwide. The Sisterhood is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, with chapters
Roads' quotation "We P.E.O. women would join hands in any movement looking toward the abolishment of war" is used as the slogan of a Sisterhood-funded scholarship intended to promote international peace through access to education for girls. [9] Sisterhood members celebrate Founders' Day on January 21 to honor Roads and her co-founders.
Alice Bird Babb (May 8, 1850 – November 21, 1926) was a professor and one of the founders of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.She worked with the sisterhood for 36 years. In 2022, a Wyoming chapter held a play in which members portrayed her and the six other founders.
Cottey College, an independent, liberal arts and science college for women, is owned by the PEO Sisterhood, an international women's organization with more than 210,000 members. Patricia L. Brolin ...
It was founded by Virginia Alice (Cottey) Stockard in 1884. Since 1927, it has been owned and supported by the P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic women's organization based in Des Moines, Iowa. For most of its history, Cottey was a two-year liberal arts college, and in 2011 it achieved accreditation as a four-year baccalaureate-granting college.
In the 1930s, clubwomen involved in the PEO Sisterhood, protected the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado. [159] In New Mexico, the Valley of Fires Recreation Area was created through the work of the Carrizozo Woman's Club. [147] Women's clubs also helped preserve historical areas.
Old Persian, ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 language code peo; Pancyprian Federation of Labour, an umbrella organization for trade unions in Cyprus (Greek: Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία, Pankypria Ergatiki Omospondhia) P.E.O. Sisterhood, an international women's organization with headquarters in North America
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