by Keisha | Nov 15, 2025 | 40 Stories
GETTING ORGANIZED The Birth of Dallas Women’s Foundation Where It All Began It was the summer of 1984 when philanthropist and scholar Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt, community leader Maura McNeil, and the Honorable Harryette Ehrhardt, then serving on the Dallas City Council,...
by Keisha | Nov 13, 2025 | 40 Stories
LADIES WHO LUNCH The Foundation’s First Annual Luncheon The First Bold Step “It might have been a little ambitious as I look back,” recalls the Foundation’s first Executive Director, Pat Sabin. “But we were an ambitious group of women.” She’s speaking of the...
by Keisha | Nov 13, 2025 | 40 Stories
Turning Philanthropy Into Impact Dallas Women's Foundation's First Grant Awards Sharon King remembers the moment she first became engaged with Dallas Women’s Foundation. “Becky Sykes approached me at church one Sunday and asked for my help. You just don’t...
by Keisha | Jul 8, 2020 | Count Her In
Image from The Portal to Texas History, courtesy of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center of the Houston Public Library. Born: 1925 (Nordheim, TX) Died: 2002 (Crystal City, TX) Noted For: Virginia Aguirre Múzquiz is noted as an influential Mexican-American...
by Keisha | Jul 8, 2020 | Count Her In
Passed in 1905, the Terrell Law created a statewide direct-primary system for all state, district, and county elective offices in Texas. The provisions of Terrell legalized and encouraged the creation of “whites-only” primary election voting requirements that resulted...
