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These include organizations that are chartered or have headquarters in Chicago, Illinois as a professional association for the medical or health care fields. Do not include articles or subcategories related to associations with a focus on the medical or health facilities or institutions (e.g., American Hospital Association) - these are outside ...
Chicago Woman's Club; Edwardsville Chapter House, 515 W. High St. Edwardsville, IL (associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed; Fortnightly of Chicago, founded 1873; Frederick Douglass Woman's Club, Chicago, founded in 1906, one of the first women's clubs in Chicago to promote suffrage, and one of few interracial women's clubs ...
The Illinois Woman's Press Association (IWPA) is an Illinois-based organization of professional women and men pursuing careers across the communications spectrum. It was founded in 1885 by a group of 47 women who saw a need for communication and support between women writers. [1] The organization was incorporated on June 26, 1907. [2]
International Federation of Business and Professional Women – founded 1930, network for professional women International Federation of Women Lawyers – founded 1944, enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal literacy and education programs, and through advocacy, law reform, research and publications [ 1 ]
Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW) is a nonprofit grantmaking organization that focuses on creating opportunities and resources for women in the Chicago area. [1] Many Chicago based organizations such as South Side Giving Circle and LBTQ Giving Council further help women that face violence, poverty, and discrimination using the resources from CFW. [2]
Women's associations fall under wide and diverse set of categories, yet they all have a unified goal - helping women. It would be almost impossible to track history of the earliest women's association, but an endeavor can be made to list the most noteworthy organizations with a mission to help women in various sectors of their lives.
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These include organizations that are chartered or have headquarters in Chicago, Illinois as a professional organization. Do not include articles or subcategories related to business organizations, trade associations, or industry associations (e.g., American Hospital Association) - these are outside of the scope for this category.