JLEP Mrs. Eleanor Caldwell - El Paso, Texas

Mrs. Eleanor Caldwell Member of the first Junior League of El Paso Board. The Junior League of El Paso, Texas was then founded in 1933 with the essential aim of training members for effective participation in the community through a program of education and volunteer service. The newly-formed League embarked upon an innovative project, the Social Service Exchange, whose goal was to improve the operation of existing social service agencies in the city.

Area: Westside / Coronado

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23 March 2021 by El Paso Museum of History

"Eleanor Caldwell, El Paso, TX circa 1933" - Eva Ross

04 February 2021 by Eva Ross

March is Women's History Month. For more than 100 years the women in Junior League have supported community development with volunteer work.

JLEP Miss Elizabeth Kelly

JLEP Member of the first Junior League Board. The Junior League of El Paso was then founded in 1933 with the essential aim of training members for effective participation in the community through a program of education and volunteer service. The newly-formed League embarked upon an innovative project, the Social Service Exchange, whose goal was to improve the operation of existing social service agencies in the city.

Area: Westside / Coronado

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15 June 2024 by Eva K Ross

Recipe provided for Georgia's Bread in How We Cook in El Paso,1909 provided by Elizabeth Kelly in Password, El Paso County Historical Society, Vol. 66, No.1 El Paso TX Spring 1922.

17 December 2021 by Eva K Ross

Article Margaret Mathis, "Tribute to Elizabeth Hooks Kelly" is in publication of El Paso County Historical Society, Password, Vol.XXVII,No.3, El Paso, TX, Fall 1983, p. 118.

30 December 2020 by Eva Ross

March is Women's History Month.

01 August 2020 by Eva

El Paso Times, 26 Aug 1975, p. 1-B quotes Elizabeth Kelly former librarian on getting the opportunity to finally vote as a US citizen.

21 March 2020 by Eva

Miss Kelly was children's librarian in Carnegie Library of El Paso,TX. She was one of 4 daughters of early El Paso mayor.

JLEP Mrs. Gerturde Bernerman

Mrs. Gerturde Bernerman Member of the first Junior League of El Paso Board. The Junior League of El Paso was then founded in 1933 with the essential aim of training members for effective participation in the community through a program of education and volunteer service. The newly-formed League embarked upon an innovative project, the Social Service Exchange, whose goal was to improve the operation of existing social service agencies in the city.

Area: Westside / Coronado

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18 December 2021 by Eva K Ross

March is Women's History Month annually in the USA. Purpose is to recognize all women and all of their community service.

JLEP Board Member

Junior League of El Paso Board Member The Junior League of El Paso was then founded in 1933 with the essential aim of training members for effective participation in the community through a program of education and volunteer service. The newly-formed League embarked upon an innovative project, the Social Service Exchange, whose goal was to improve the operation of existing social service agencies in the city.

Area: Westside / Coronado

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21 March 2020 by Eva

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Follies Revue 1935

The Junior League of El Paso raised money in many different ways, including annual rummage sales held in the A.B. Poe Motor Company building, raising thousands of dollars even in the hardest times; the Charity Ball, a popular fundraiser which was the social event of the season for many years; and the "Junior League Follies Revue" which generated the largest profits.

Area: Westside / Coronado

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19 April 2022 by Eva K Ross

Photo taken in El Paso, TX 1935.

05 November 2019 by Eva Ross

Follies Revue, Junior League of El Paso, TX 1935

JLEP Board Members 1940's

Junior League Board Members in 1940 - El Paso, Texas.

Area: Westside / Coronado

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Junior League of El Paso Members

Junior League Members discussing community projects. Always working for the community.

Area: Westside / Coronado

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JLEP Volunteers at work in the 1940's

Junior League volunteers printing announcements for membership and community.

Area: Westside / Coronado

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04 April 2024 by Eva K Ross

Women volunteers in El Paso, TX.

Follies Revue 1940's

JLEP Volunteers working on the set of Follies Revue.

Area: Westside / Coronado

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JLEP The Goodwill Girl's Club 1945

The Goodwill Girl's Club, established in 1943, arose out of a wartime need for a recreational program for teenage girls. This early effort resulted in an on-going, citywide recreational program with the City of El Paso and the public school system. JLEP volunteers at Austin High School teaching girls how to sew, work with leather goods and make small purses. 1945