Seventh Wall of Giants - El Paso, Texas

The Seventh Wall of Giants commemorating the El Paso Woman's Club in 2016

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

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The Woman's Club of El Paso - Video - 2016

Video created by Jackson Polk - honoring the Woman's Club of El Paso. Celebrating more than 100 years of service to the El Paso Community. On May 7, 2016 the El Paso Museum of History will honor the Women’s Club of El Paso in this year’s Wall of Giants exhibit.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: Jackson Polk

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Woman's Club of El Paso - Video - 2016

Video created by Jackson Polk - honoring the Woman's Club of El Paso. Celebrating more than 100 years of service to the El Paso Community.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: Jackson Polk

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Woman's Club of El Paso - Video - 2016

Video created by Jackson Polk - honoring the Woman's Club of El Paso. Celebrating more than 100 years of service to the El Paso Community.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: Jackson Polk

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Woman's Club of El Paso - Video - 2016

Video created by Jackson Polk - honoring the Woman's Club of El Paso. Celebrating more than 100 years of service to the El Paso Community.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: Jackson Polk

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Woman's Club Of El Paso - 1952

The Woman's Club Of El Paso is located at 1400 North Mesa Street, El Paso, Texas. Even though these women may not have realized it, they were part of a nation-wide movement which heralded changing roles for women in society, one which altered the notion that “a woman’s place is in the home.” The story of the Woman’s Club, truly reflects, “Never underestimate the power of a woman.” http://wcoep.org/history/

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: UTEP Special Collections

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Mary I. Stanton - 1894

1894 – Mary I. Stanton, is in the first row seated, she is second starting from the left of the photograph. She is wearing a darker colored dress. Mary I. Stanton, a member of the Current Topics Club, establishes the first children’s library in the United States. Mr. Calvin Esterly, a retired Army officer and West Point graduate, was El Paso's first Superintendent of Schools. First row: Fannie Echols (Mrs. Leigh Clark), Mary I. Stanton, Miss Sega, Anna Moore (Mrs. Fruin), Mary H. Gates (Mrs. Chas. R. Morehead). Standing: Bessie Cairn (Mrs. B. Bailey), Larua Fink (Mrs. C.E. Kell__, Prof. Esterly, Ella B. Meckins (Mrs. Wilkins), Mrs. Disbro (Mrs. Lomax), Mrs. Smythe. Ella Wilkins became principal of El Paso High School (first location) in 1886. For more info on Mary Irene Stanton see Handbook of Texas on line.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Woman's Club Of El Paso - 1948

Members and past presidents of the Woman's Club of El Paso. The Woman's Club Of El Paso is located at 1400 North Mesa Street, El Paso, TX, 79902. These women were determined to bring culture and the arts to this wild and wooly town. They were movers and shakers in the community, determined to improve educational opportunities, beautify the city, and bring the finer aspects of life to a border town. They established the first kindergarten in the public schools in Texas, they paid for the first PE teacher in the high school, and they worked diligently for the pure food laws, city sanitation, food inspections, weed eradication, and preservation of San Jacinto Plaza. They sponsored, installed and maintained soup kitchens in the schools during the depression to feed undernourished children. During World War II they sold war bonds, housed the Red Cross and Surgical Dressing Unit, and loaned the clubhouse for all war bond rallies, free of charge. They held the first art show, first flower show and first fashion show in the city. http://wcoep.org/history/

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: UTEP Special Collections

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Woman's Club Of El Paso - 2016

Seventh Wall of Giants - May 7, 2016 honoring the Woman's Club of El Paso for their more than 100 years of service to the El Paso Community. The event will take place at the El Paso Museum of History.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Woman's Club Of El Paso - 2016

Seventh Wall of Giants - May 7, 2016 honoring the Woman's Club of El Paso for their more than 100 years of service to the El Paso Community. The event will take place at the El Paso Museum of History.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Woman's Club Of El Paso - 2016

Seventh Wall of Giants - May 7, 2016 honoring the Woman's Club of El Paso for their more than 100 years of service to the El Paso Community. The event will take place at the El Paso Museum of History.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Inside the house at 521 Randolph Dr.

Mrs. J. W. Lorentzen was a member of the Woman's Club and other organizations. These groups occasionally held events where men and women dressed in historic costume.

Area: Upper Valley / Sunland Park

Source: El Paso Museum of History

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Miniatures - El Paso, Texas

Miniatures on display at the El Paso Museum of History part of Kate Moore Brown's collection at the Seventh Wall of Giants. 2016

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

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Turney Home - 1907

1939-Kate Moore Brown was the first chairman of the El Paso International Museum Board. Kate Moore Brown was a former president of the El Paso Woman's Club. Today the Turney Home is the International Museum of Art. This home now turned into a museum has collections from Asia, Africa, and many points both near and far.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: International Museum of Art

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Woman's Club of El Paso

Located at 1400 N. Mesa Ave, this building houses the El Paso Women's Club. Designed by Otto H. Thorman and built by H. G. Ponsford in 1916, it was named to the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s. The Women's Club itself started in 1894. The intention of the women was to bring culture and the arts to this wild and wooly town. For example, they fought for the pure food laws, city sanitation and they maintained soup kitchens during the Great Depression. They held the first art show, first flower show and first fashion show in the city. Today, the Club still exists and dedicates its work to the preservation of the historic Clubhouse, the improvement of conditions for women and the enhancement of the quality of life in its community.

Creator: victor Ramirez

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: EPMH

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Chopin Hall, El Paso, Texas circa 1905

Chopin Hall, facing Myrtle Street, where the Woman's Club of El Paso met for a short time. Courthouse can be seen in the background - location of image is El Paso, Texas.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: UTEP Special Collections and El Paso Herald

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Woman's Club of El Paso - 1950

1950’s – Seated – Mrs. Mallory Miller, Chairperson, Standing – left to right – Mrs. George Marvis, Woman’s Club President, Unidentified, Mrs. Ben Donaldson, Mrs. W.C. Gordy, Unidentified, Mrs. Conder, Mrs. Leroy Glardon, and Mrs. H.L. McCune. Photograph shows women active in the Woman's club of El Paso Texas in 1950.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: UTEP Special Collections

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Seventh Wall of Giants - El Paso, Texas

Early members of the Women's Club in El Paso Texas were determined to bring culture and the arts to this wild and wooly town. They were movers and shakers in the community, determined to improve educational opportunities, beautify the city, and bring the finer aspects of life to a border town. They established the first kindergarten in the public schools in Texas, they paid for the first PE teacher in the high school, and they worked diligently for the pure food laws, city sanitation, food inspections, weed eradication, and preservation of San Jacinto Plaza. They sponsored, installed and maintained soup kitchens in the schools during the depression to feed undernourished children. During World War II they sold war bonds, housed the Red Cross and Surgical Dressing Unit, and loaned the clubhouse for all war bond rallies, free of charge. They held the first art show, first flower show and first fashion show in the city. http://wcoep.org/history/

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Woman's Club Timeline - El Paso, Texas

This timeline was used in an exhibit at Museum of History in downtown El Paso, Texas in 2016- August 2017.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History