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04/24/2026

03/11/2026

It's WHRC Wednesday - and it's the day of our annual Women's History Month celebration here at GFWC Headquarters! Each March we open our doors for an afternoon, inviting folks to HQ to learn about women's history and enjoy a reception at our beautiful building.

In this spirit of hospitality, here's a photo from our collection: Mrs. C.J. Weber of Wisconsin entertained the GFWC Convention's international delegates at her home in Milwaukee, 1963. WHRC, CONV 1963.06-6

03/06/2026

02/26/2026

It's WHRC Wednesday! This February marks the 100th celebration of Black History Month, which began as Negro History Week in 1926. Dr. Carter G. Woodson is credited with that initial weeklong event (choosing February to honor the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass), and President Gerald Ford declared it a month-long national celebration in 1976; but it's important to honor the role of others, such as the inspirational Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955).

Bethune was an educator, philanthropist, and civil rights activist. When she became the first woman president of Woodson's Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) in 1936, she pushed for the creation of "The Negro History Bulletin," a publication that helped popularize Negro History Week by encouraging research and widely sharing the annual weekly theme. She is credited with helping to ensure that the weeklong event thrived and evolved into the important annual celebration we know today.

There is so much more to Bethune's life and career--including overlaps with GFWC efforts such as work on suffrage, children's health, women's education, and the formation of the United Nations--than we can hope to cover in a small Facebook post, so we encourage you to learn more through reading, research, and visiting historic sites like the Mary McLeod Bethune House in Daytona Beach, Florida (a National Historic Landmark), the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington, DC (a National Park Service site), the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial in DC (erected in 1974), and the Mary McLeod Bethune statue in the US Capitol (given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Florida in 2022). Don't worry, as usual we'll pop a few links into the comments to get you started!

📷Mary McLeod Bethune, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949. Library of Congress collection

02/22/2026

AVAILABLE NOW: GFWC Clubwoman Magazine - Winter 2026

Inside this issue:

* GFWC Learning Academy: Our New Online Learning Platform
* 2026-2028 GFWC Candidates for Office
* Articles by GFWC Honorary Chairmen
* Community Service Programs' Chairmen Tips & Projects
* The 2026 GFWC Annual Convention, June 26-30, in Scottsdale, AZ
* 2026 GFWC Women's History Month Celebration:
Historic Heroines

To download your copy, click here:https://www.gfwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Winter-Clubwoman-Magazine-1.pdf

02/19/2026

It's WHRC Wednesday! Let's continue our February habit of sharing stories of women pioneers: this time on the theme of American Heart Month, featuring two groundbreaking cardiologists. (No known GFWC connections this time, though if you have more info for us, let us know!)

At left, meet Dr. Myra Adele Logan (1908-1977), the first woman to perform open heart surgery (in 1951). She'd broken barriers earlier as well, as the first Black woman admitted to the American College of Surgeons (in 1943). She went on to innovative research in antibiotics and breast cancer.

At right we have Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig (1898-1986), founder of the field of pediatric cardiology. She came up with treatment for "blue baby syndrome," helped to ban the use of thalidomide, and was the first woman elected head of the American Heart Association.

As usual, we'll pop a few links in the comments if you want to learn more!

📷Dr. Logan: photo from the American Heart Association website. Dr. Taussig: photo from Wikipedia.

02/17/2026

02/09/2026

Don’t forget your chance to sign up for our GFWC Learning Gateway Webinars.

Dr. Ben Citrin will be on tomorrow evening, February 10, at 7:00 pm Eastern talking to us about women’s heart health.

If you can’t make that time, register and receive access to watch it later.