Pioneer Women's Association

The Association of Pioneer Women was a woman's club in El Paso, Texas. The club was made up of women who had lived in the early days of the founding of El Paso or who were interested in the topic of settler life in the region. Members of the group worked to preserve Southwest history. The group was active from 1921 and into the 1990s.

History

The organization formed on October 7, 1921.[1][2] Six women founded the group, which held its first meeting in the Pioneer room of the old county courthouse in El Paso.[3] Some of the members had previously been part of the mostly men's organization, the Pioneer Association of El Paso County.[4] The first meeting was held on January 26, 1922 where officers were elected, committees formed and a constitution and by-laws for the organization were adopted.[5] The "main attraction" of the meetings were the oral histories given by women who had lived as pioneers in El Paso.[5] The clubwomen decided that they would meet in each others' homes and the second Thursday of every month.[5][6] Later meetings took place in churches or other public spaces.[7][8][9] By the 1980s, it was required that members must have lived in the greater El Paso region for at least 30 years.[10]

The first president of the organization was Mrs. I.A. Shedd.[11] The Pioneers worked to get the Magoffin Homestead preserved as a museum.[12] The organization also preserved ephemera and manuscripts relating to early life in El Paso.[3]

Notable members

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "Pioneer Women Will Mark 28th Anniversary Meeting". El Paso Herald-Post. Retrieved 2018-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Cunningham 1978, p. 233.
  3. 1 2 "Pioneers to Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary". El Paso Herald-Post. 7 October 1971. Retrieved 2018-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Hamilton 2005, p. 108.
  5. 1 2 3 Hamilton 2005, p. 110.
  6. ↑ "Pioneer Women's Club Completes Plans of New Organization". El Paso Herald. 1922-01-27. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-03-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Pioneer Women". El Paso Herald-Post. 1970-04-09. p. 16. Retrieved 2026-03-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Pioneer Women's Association Sets Meeting". El Paso Herald-Post. 12 September 1975. p. 7. Retrieved 2026-03-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Pioneer Women Association of El Paso". El Paso Times. 1992-01-07. p. 20. Retrieved 2026-03-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Mrs. Heinkel is Named to Head Pioneer Women". El Paso Herald-Post. 1981-01-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2026-03-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Keogh, Mildred (1 November 1922). "Pioneers Held Church, School in Tent in Early El Paso Days; Hauled Water From Deming, N.M." El Paso Herald. Retrieved 2018-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Would Make Early Ranch E.P. Museum". El Paso Evening Post. 14 October 1927. Retrieved 2018-04-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Cunningham 1978, p. 122.

Sources

  • Cunningham, Mary S. (1978). The Woman's Club of El Paso: Its First Thirty Years. El Paso, Texas: Texas Western Press. ISBN 0874040612.
  • Hamilton, Nancy (Fall 2005). "El Paso's Pioneer Women" (PDF). Password. 50 (3): 107–121. ISSN 0031-2738.


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