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| Established | January 24, 1895 |
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| Founder | Mrs. William Gerry Slade |
| Founded at | New York City |
President General | Shannon Cowles Logue |
| Website | newenglandwomen.org |
The National Society of New England Women is a lineage society whose members are women with an ancestor born in New England before 1789 or in the Nassau or Suffolk counties of Long Island before 1700. [1]
The society was founded by Mrs. William Gerry Slade in 1895. [1] [2] It met at the Waldorf Astoria New York and established branches elsewhere which were organised as colonies. [3] For example, a colony was established in Madison, Wisconsin in 1930. The organization had at the time 55 colonies with a total membership of over three thousand. [2]
The colonies engage in educational works with a patriotic theme such as sponsoring essay contests, pageants, scholarships and support of libraries. [2]
