CELEBRATING WOMEN

JULIA LATHROP (1858-1932)
GFWC’s Chicago Woman’s Club supported the juvenile court law, the first ever to be passed in the United States. This law became the model for all subsequent juvenile court laws, many of which were passed at the insistence of GFWC clubwomen. Chicago clubwoman, Julia Lathrop led this club effort and was appointed by President William Howard Taft to head the Children’s Bureau in 1912.

EMMA LAZARUS (1849-1887)
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”. These famous words from The New Colossus, were written by Emma Lazarus, one of the first successful Jewish authors. Originally created in 1883, the sonnet was later engraved in bronze and placed at the base of the Statue of Liberty.

Submitted by Jean Carey, 1st V.P.
Cocoa Beach Woman's Club