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DALLAS, October 21, 2020 – Orchid Giving Circle at Texas Women’s Foundation held a virtual Grantee Celebration on October 16 featuring its members, its grantees and a special dance performance. [...]

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many are being asked to stay home to keep themselves safe.  However, staying home may not be safe for many women who experience domestic violence. Women make [...]

Via: My Sweet Charity By: Jeanne Prejean The naysayers may pooh-pooh virtual events during these times, but the Texas Women’s Foundation has the moolah to prove otherwise. Thanks to their virtual [...]

Via: Dallas Morning News By: Allison Hatfield More than 2,000 guests attended Texas Women’s Foundation’s 35th annual luncheon, which was a virtual event due to COVID-19. In the 24 hours that [...]

Via: Local Profile By: Alexandra Cronin Texas Women’s Foundation is a leading driver of meaningful social and economic change for women, girls, and families in Texas. Over the past 34 years, they [...]

Via: The Advocate Magazine By: Marissa Alvarado Award-winning actress, director and producer America Ferrera spoke with members of Texas Women’s Foundation (TXWF) at their annual luncheon. The [...]

Image from the Legislative Reference Library Born: 1926 (in Corpus Christi) Noted For: Frances “Sissy” Tarlton Farenthold is noted as a former Texas legislator, a two-time candidate for Texas [...]

Image from the League of Women Voters Education Fund website VOTE411 Sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund, VOTE411 is “committed to ensuring voters have the information they [...]

Minnie Fisher Cunningham, a leader in the Texas suffrage movement, campaigning for the U.S. Senate in 1927. Image from the Austin Public Library. “How Texas Women Delivered the 19th Amendment” [...]

Image from Wikipedia Early in her legislative career, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson was frequently obliged to correct people who referred to her as the “second woman in Texas” (after Barbara [...]