History

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While mobilizing for WW1, the US Governement recognized the need for a cohesive group to coordinate identification of women's available skills and experience.  A Women's War Council, financed through a federal grant, was established by the War Department to organize the resources of professional women.  The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs was founded on July 15, 1919.
 
The Pennsylvania Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs was organized in 1919 and is one of the charter members of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.
 
BPW/PA District 3 is one of the oldest districts of the State Federation and was established in 1931.
 
The Greensburg BPW was founded in 1930 and is one of the oldest clubs belonging to the State Federation.

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Collect

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Keep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed.
Let us be done with faultfinding and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away all pretenses and meet each other, face to face, without self-pity and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous.
Let us take time for all things; make us to grow calm, serene, gentle. 
Teach us to put in action our better impulses-straightforward and unafraid.
Grant that we may realize it is the little things of life that create difficulties; that in the big things of life we are as one.
Oh, Lord, let us not forget to be kind.