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Our Creator Will Provide
Death is a gateway for our loved BPW members
who have passed through
On their way to a land where we’re all born anew
And while we can’t see what’s on death’s other side,
We know that our Creator will richly provide
All that He promised to those who believe
And His kingdom is waiting for us to receive
(Helen Steiner Rice)

It would be unthinkable for us to celebrate the Centennial of our
Berkeley BPW Club without having a thought for its Founding
Members of 1922.

How enthusiastic those women must have been: The BPW Federa-
tion had recently organized a huge conference in St Louis to pro-
mote the interests of women (1919) and many ‘ladies from Berke-
ley’ had heard about it.

In 1920, the idea of women voting finally became a reality with
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the 19 Amendment. But it wasn’t until the Cable Act of 1922 that
US-born women who had married foreign men began to be allowed
to keep their US citizenship and their right to vote.
Progressive times to start a club!

Since then a long chain of women have joined in, always vigilant of
the laws, aware of their capabilities, and looking after each other.

We honor you BPW Members of the past, and we thank you.