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International Women’s Club of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Welcoming women of all cultures to Philadelphia since 1989.
About us
Founded in 1989 by Patricia Macfadyen and Peg Robb, the International Women’s Club of Philadelphia exists “to welcome women of all cultures to the Philadelphia area and to promote friendship, cooperation, and understanding among women.”
Our members come from Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific, and about one in five are Americans who have lived abroad. Every month there is something new: coffee mornings in different neighborhoods, happy hours, language groups, a book club, cultural visits, teas and luncheons, in the city and the suburbs. We now share a clubhouse with the Cosmopolitan Club, founded in 1928.
Our founders met by chance in Society Hill in 1987 and, inspired by the international women’s clubs they had known in Copenhagen, decided to start one in Philadelphia. Part of every member’s annual dues goes to our chosen charities.
What we do
- Monthly coffee mornings at neighborhood cafés, many run by immigrants
- Happy hours, teas and luncheons
- Language groups and a Book Club
- Cultural visits and museum tours
- Speaker programs on the immigrant experience and food insecurity
Photos
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Morning conversation at a neighborhood café
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A private tour of the Comcast Collection
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At the Warwick Lavender Farm
Club news
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IWCP at CSW70 in New York
Six members attended CSW70 at the United Nations, and Board Member Tapasi Ray spoke at WCI’s parallel event about her volunteer work with Nanritam, an Indian non-profit for rural health care and education.
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A special tour: Anila Quayyum Agha, Interwoven
Members enjoyed a guided tour of this major exhibition of the Pakistani-American artist at the Michener Art Museum.
Our club in the WCI family
“The ability to accept and adapt to change and persevere when there is resistance to change…”
Thank you
Our club supports the Marian Wood Adair Founder’s Fund, which helps education and gender-equality projects.
About the Fund ›Why women join a WCI club
Friends from everywhere
Meet women of many nationalities who know what it is like to start over in a new place.
Culture and learning
Talks, trips, cooking, languages and traditions, shared over coffee and at our events.
A voice beyond the club
Join sister clubs at International Conferences and in WCI’s work at the United Nations.
Sister clubs nearby and around the world
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- GermanyAnglo-German International Women's Association e.V.Hamburg, Germany
- GuamChinese Ladies' Association of GuamGuam
- IsraelInternational Women's Club IsraelIsrael
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