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    3 Questions: Bertina Whytehead of the Junior League of Philadelphia

    • March 30, 2016
    Bertina Whytehead was introduced to the Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP) in 2013 through her work with the Junior League of Philadelphia. Now, she’s President-elect of POP! Aside from holding various…
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      In Memoriam: Nancy Reagan, Junior League Member

      • March 8, 2016
      Nancy Reagan was many things in a long, productive and often glamorous life. Born in modest circumstances in New York City, she went on to become a Hollywood movie star…
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        In Canada, remembering what women did in WWII

        • December 2, 2015
        History is made in a lot of different ways, and often by people whose names we will never know. This is a story about one Canadian woman—now almost 93—who participated…
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          In Memoriam: The First Friend of the Junior Leagues

          • November 17, 2015
          Doubtless the most famous friend of Mary Harriman, Eleanor Roosevelt died 53 years ago this month. Her early work with the Junior League of the City of New York helped…
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            3 Questions: Mari Ellen Reynolds Loijens of the Junior League of San Jose

            • November 4, 2015
            How valuable is Junior League leadership training? As soon as we heard that Mari Ellen Reynolds Loijens, former president (2009-2010) of the Junior League of San Jose was recently named…
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              Mary Harriman Community Leadership Award

              • October 19, 2015
              A HUMANITARIAN FOR THE AGES Though she committed to donating the entirety of her holdings to charity when she joined the elite Giving Pledge in 2010, Lyda Hill of the Junior League of…
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              Mary Harriman Enters the Women’s Hall of Fame!

              • October 2, 2015
              This athlete became a world class figure skater after overcoming polio. This woman promised her dying sister she would help find a way to eradicate breast cancer. This dance entrepreneur’s…
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              JL Interview Exclusive: Tamara Ashford

              • July 22, 2015
              TAMARA ASHFORD KEEPS COOL WHILE ADJUDICATING TAX DISPUTES FROM THE BENCH A 15-year veteran of the Junior League of Northern Virginia and a member of AJLI’s Governance Committee from 2011…
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              Florence Shapiro: Her service to Texas began as a volunteer

              • March 30, 2015
              This is the fifth in a series of five stories during National Women’s History Month 2015 about Junior League members who have made a very visible mark on their communities…
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              Carole Keeton: A woman of many “firsts” in service to Austin

              • March 26, 2015
              This is the fourth in a series of five stories during National Women’s History Month 2015 about Junior League members who have made a very visible mark on their communities…
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