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On February 16, 1915, Vero Beach's second library was founded with the helpful donations of Mrs. Hard who donated 300 books, and Waldo E. Sexton who donated cypress and black walnut tables and desks. The club adopted the slogan "A beautiful Vero Beach and surrounding country, the best place on earth to live." The clubhouse is still used for ...
New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County: May 11, 1989: Ormond Beach Woman's Club Anderson-Price Memorial Library Building: 42 North Beach Street Ormond Beach, Volusia County: January 26, 1984: Woman's Club of Palmetto: 910 Sixth Street West Palmetto, Manatee County: March 6, 1986: Punta Gorda Woman's Club: 118 Sullivan Street Punta Gorda, Charlotte ...
The first women's shelter in the modern world was Haven House, which opened in 1964 in California. [53] An early women's shelter in the United States, Emergency Shelter Program Inc. (now Ruby's Place inc.), was established in Hayward, California, in 1972 by a local group of women who attended church together.
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4. This isn’t the first time Refuge of Hope has helped shelter women – and it may not be the last. Carpenter said Refuge of Hope provided a temporary shelter for women in 2015 that helped 70 ...
Numerous women's club buildings have been evaluated for listing on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) individually or as part of wider collections. Historic preservation studies have been conducted for women's clubhouses in Florida, [5] in Illinois, [4] in New Jersey, [6] in New Mexico, [2] and in Olympia, Washington [7]
Miracle Village (officially City of Refuge since 2014) [1] is a community on Muck City Road, about three miles (4.8 km) east of Pahokee, Florida, that serves as a haven for registered sex offenders. It is located within one of the most isolated and poorest parts of Palm Beach County .
A further five houses of refuge were built in Florida in 1885 and 1886, along the middle part of the east coast, primarily to the north of the existing houses of refuge. Smith's Creek (1886–1902) or Bulow (1903–1929) ( 29°26′10″N 81°06′25″W / 29.43611°N 81.10694°W / 29.43611; -81.10694 ) was 20 miles (32 km) south of ...