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We see as many upper-middle-class professional women as we see lower-income women,'" said Janet Scott, who was the community education and training director for the Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh during the early 1990s. [32] In 1994, Sylvia Choi, M.D. became a center volunteer.
The Women and Girls Foundation (WGF) is an independent, community-based non-profit organization serving 11 counties in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania. It was founded in 2002. The stated goal of the foundation is to achieve equality for women and girls in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Gwendolyn J. Elliott (1945-2007) was an American police officer and founder of Gwen's Girls, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the improving the lives of at-risk young women and girls. She was a member of the first group of women to serve as Pittsburgh Police officers and was that department's first black female commander.
Today the phrase “women’s empowerment” has eclipsed “community empowerment” and “employee empowerment.” It, too, came to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s. It, too, came to ...
In Pittsburgh, the Evangeline Residence for Young Women opened in 1927 with 229 single and double rooms and none were rented for only single nights. Each applicant had to meet the following qualifications: The applicant must be a young woman without a home within commuting distance of Pittsburgh or from a broken home within the city.
Lucy Kennedy Miller (1880–1962), also known as Mrs. John O. Miller, [1] was a prominent 20th-century American suffragist [2] [3] who became the president of the Equal Franchise Federation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [4] [5] and the first president of the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters (PLWV).
A few weeks ago, on a frigid and snowy but bright sunny day, the men of Eta Nu Nu of the illustrious Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. decided to celebrate Women’s History Month early, as more than ...
"Mr. Base Ball Fan Vote yes on Woman Suffrage" Pittsburgh Pirates flier Allegheny County Equal Rights Association (ACERA), formed in 1904. [3]Chester County Equal Suffrage Association.