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Moran, Helen (1898-?)
Helen Moran was a doctor at Englewood Hospital. She was possibly the first woman doctor to have worked there. -
Catholic Daughters of America (CAD)
The Catholic Daughters of America was founded in 1903 by John E. Carberry and the Knights of Columbus as a charitable sorority for catholic women. -
Catholic Daughters of America, Court Madonna No. 258
The Catholic Daughters of America was a Charitable sorority for catholic women. The Court Madonna No. 258 Branch in Englewood was founded in 1915. -
Sisterhood of the Congregation Ahavath Torah
The Sisterhood of the Congregation Ahavath Torah is an organization that organizes events and fundraising for their community. -
The Woman's Exchange
The Woman's Exchange provided a market for women to sell needlework, antiques, prepared food, and so on. It was first located on Palisade Avenue. It temporarily was on Dean Street before the Athenaeum was built on Palisades Avenue and Engle Street in 1869. That building burned down in 1888 and a new building was constructed in 1896 on Engle Street. In 1948 the building moved to 150 Engle Street. -
The Doll League
The Doll League is an organization that supports young girls through scholarships and sponsorships. The organization was founded by Ethel Sissle and a group of women in 1958. The project has a chapter in New York and Detroit, Michigan. -
Morrow, Elizabeth "Betty" Reeve Cutter (1873-1955)
Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow was a Poet, Educational Activist, and Women's Rights Activist. She attended Smith College from 1892 to 1896 and met Dwight Morrow. She married him on June 16, 1903, and eventually moved into the Next Day Hill estate in Englewood. Throughout her life, she advocated for women's education. Due to her husband's position as ambassador to Mexico, she became involved in Mexican folk art and helped popularize the art form in the United States. She also acted as the first female president of Smith College from 1939 to 1940 although she was never given the official title. She had four children, Elisabeth Reeve Morrow Morgan, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Dwight Whitney Jr., and Constance Cutter Morrow Morgan. -
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow (1906-2001)
Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a poet, author, and aviator. She wrote numerous books and poems including "North to the Orient" (1935), "Gift From the Sea" (1955), and "Earth Shine" (1969). She learned aviation from her husband Charles Lindbergh. She met him in Mexico after her father, Dwight Morrow, invited Lindbergh. They married in 1929. She had three children. Charles Lindbergh Jr., John Morrow, and Anne Spencer. She was the daughter of Dwight Morrow and Elizabeth Cutter Morrow. Her siblings were Elisabeth, Constance, and Dwight Jr. In 1932 Charles Jr. who was just under two years old was kidnapped and murdered. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was eventually convicted of the crime and the "Lindbergh Law" was created which made crossing state lines while committing a kidnapping a federal felony.Tags Women -
The Woman's Club of Englewood
The Woman's Club of Englewood is a community organization that does philanthropic and charity work. It started in 1895 with Miss Adelaide Sterling as president. In 1898 it joined the General Federation of Women's Clubs. -
Ringgold, Faith Willi Jones (1930-2024)
Born Faith Ringgold is a painter and sculptor. She enrolled in City College of New York for art education and received her degree in 1955. She earned a master's in 1959. She began teaching in New York public schools and eventually at the University of California San Diego. Her artwork focused on African and African American heritage, especially women's roles. She used the Civil Rights Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, and African art as inspirations. In the 1970s Ringgold began experimenting with fabric and three-dimensional mediums, creating quilts and mixed media sculptures. Ringgold was a women's rights and civil rights activist. She was a member of Women Artists in Revolution. She founded the Women Students and Artists for Black Art Liberation and the Coast-to-Coast National Women Artists of Color Projects. She married twice, first to Robert Earl Wallace from 1950 to 1954. Her second marriage was to Burdette Ringgold in 1962. She lived with him in Englewood. She had two daughters, Michele Faith Wallace and Barbara Faith Wallace.