[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5445]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I am so thrilled we are beginning our 
day talking about doing good things for other people. Today, I rise to 
recognize and to pay tribute to the General Federation of Women's 
Clubs.
  Tomorrow, April 24, is recognized as Federation Day, and it is the 
125th anniversary of the Women's Club Federation. This organization has 
such an interesting beginning.
  Jane Croly, who was a journalist, was denied attendance at a dinner 
in New York to honor Charles Dickens, and she was denied because of her 
gender. So she got busy with that, and she organized a women's club 
convention. On April 24, 1890, 63 clubs from around the country came 
together to form the Federation to focus on helping our communities. 
They have over 90,000 members, and, last year, they did 100,000 
different community service projects with 4.5 million volunteer hours.
  They are coming to Tennessee in June for their convention. We look 
forward to welcoming them and to celebrating doing good for other 
people.

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