The Fall River Women’s Union
A charitable foundation Serving Women and Children
Our Story
On October 30, 1873 a group of civic minded women met to consider ideas to benefit the women and girls of Fall River.
The Fall River Women’s Union has sustained its position as a social service organization for over a century, remaining true to its mission of helping better the lives of women and children.
The Fall River Women’s Union held their first business meeting on December 15, 1873. The catalyst for this meeting was a lecture delivered on October 30,1873 by Miss Jennie Collins, a Boston social worker active in Boffin’s Bower.
The first meeting found the ladies in Room 18 of the Troy Building; planning enrichment and education for the working women of Fall River and their daughters. The goals to provide a place where women would find assistance, advice, amusement and support were mapped out.
The officers elected were:
- President, Mrs Abram G. Hart
- Vice Presidents, Mrs. Robert Adams, Mrs. James M. Aldrich and Mrs. Stephen C. Wrightington
- Secretary, Miss Minnie B. Slade
- Treasurer, Mrs. William B. Durfee
Women’s Union Present Officers (2020)
President……………….Jennifer Bogan
1st Vice President….Linda Schofield
2nd Vice President…Betty Prescott
Treasurer………………..Pamela Prescott
Asst. Treasurer……….Kathy Friar
Secretary…………………Louise Keane
Asst. Secretary………..Karen Holmes
Next Steps…
Please submit your summer funding requests with a POSTMARK DATE NO LATER than August 31, 2020. Please also include a total of ELEVEN COPIES (the original plus 10 additional copies) of every part your application with submission. We need to give full application packets to each member of our finance committee. Thank you.
To download an application:
FRWU Application as a PDF
FRWU Application as an EDITABLE Word Doc (choose this if you would like to type directly into the document).