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UNT’s Ignite Chapter promising to young women in politics By Anna Orr for North Texas Daily February 14, 2017 On Jan. 21, people gathered in cities across the globe to participate in the Women’s March and demonstrate their willingness to take political action....
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To hear philanthropist Cecilia Guthrie Boone tell it, she was primed early to work on gender equality and women’s health issues. While Boone was a toddler in Kentucky, her mother, Marie Keene Guthrie, was widowed and had to make her own way with three small...
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by Annie Wiles September 29, 2016 Planned Parenthood came to Dallas in 1935 covertly, hidden inside a Ripley’s shirt box. Shirting empress Katherine Ripley would send empty boxes to New York, and when they came back filled with diaphragms, condoms, and informative...
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Boone Family, Harold Simmons foundations give $2 million to Planned Parenthood By Holly Haber [email protected] Published: 28 July 2016 07:53 PM More women will have access to long-term birth control and health screenings at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas,...
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By CECILIA BOONE Published: 27 June 2016 12:48 PM Updated: 27 June 2016 03:17 PM My husband, my children, some of my friends and I are exchanging texts as fast as our fingers will fly. It’s a victory: a victory for women in Texas. Of course I mean the Supreme...
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April 29, 2016 May 2, 2016 / gsnetx blog We are honored to introduce The Boone Family Foundation Courtyard at the STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Whispering Cedars, dedicated to three Texas Trailblazers: Vivian Castleberry, Louise Raggio and Virginia Whitehill....
