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  2. Deborah Tucker (executive) - Wikipedia

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    Occupation (s) activist and executive. Known for. Founded the first shelter in the United States for battered women. Deborah D. Tucker is an American activist and executive who founded the first shelter in the United States for victims of domestic violence and their children. [1] In 2014, she was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame.

  3. Martha McWhirter - Wikipedia

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    Battered Women's Movement in Texas In 1875 Martha opened the first shelter for refuges in Belton, Texas delivering services for battered wives thrives from the 1890s and was the founder of religious Sanctificationist group that stands for women should not be compelled to live without sanctified or an brutal husband and women's who followed her ...

  4. Erin Pizzey - Wikipedia

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    In her study Comparative Study of Battered Women And Violence-Prone Women, [30] (co-researched with John Gayford of Warlingham Hospital), Pizzey distinguished between "genuine battered women" [30] and "violence-prone women"; [30] the former defined as "the unwilling and innocent victim of his or her partner's violence" [30] and the latter ...

  5. Women's shelter - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A women's shelter, also known as a women's refuge and battered women's shelter, is a place of temporary protection and support for women escaping domestic violence and intimate partner violence of all forms. [1] The term is also frequently used to describe a location for the same purpose that is open to people of all genders at risk.

  6. Domestic violence in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Voisine v. United States, 579 U.S. 686 (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban in U.S. federal law extends to those convicted of reckless domestic violence. The court reached its judgment in a 6–2 majority. [ 134 ][ 135 ][ 136 ] United States v.

  7. Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Help Texas Women’s Shelter After ...

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    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may no longer be working royals, but their charitable efforts continue. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Relationship Timeline Read article The Duke and Duchess of ...

  8. Women's Shelter of South Texas - Wikipedia

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    To contact the Women's Shelter of South Texas the following address is available. Women's Shelter of South Texas. P.O. Box 3368. Corpus Christi, TX 78463-3368. 24-hour Domestic Violence Crisis Line & Emergency Shelter: 361-881-8888 or 1-800-580-4878.

  9. Esther Buckley - Wikipedia

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    She was a board member of her local Battered Women's Shelter. [2] Buckley's husband, Elmer Buckley (1932-2009), was a native of Maysville, Kentucky, whom she had met while living in Dallas, Texas. [5] He was an aide to former Laredo Mayor Aldo Tatangelo during Tatangelo's first term in office from 1978 to 1982.