GFWC La Habra Woman's Club

06/11/2026

05/25/2026

GFWC La Habra Woman’s Club continued its tradition of placing flags at the gravesites of those who have served in our military. We honor their service, sacrifice, and dedication to our country.

It was a little different without our faithful leader, Linda White, but we know she would be proud that we continued this meaningful tradition.

**Unable to tag Norma Perez, Maria Vasquez, and Amanda Secola**

05/07/2026

GFWC La Habra Woman’s Club is the proud sponsor of the La Habra Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. Enjoy the morning, tomorrow, May 7th!

05/06/2026

GFWC La Habra Woman’s Club is proud to support projects that uplift our teachers. Our most recent effort funded a teacher bonding project that also benefited a local foster care organization.

It's WHRC Wednesday! We're in the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4-8, 2026) so let's take a look at a few of the many, many GFWC members and leaders who were also educators. To narrow our choices down to a manageable number, we looked for club founders who were born in the 19th century ... and it was still a large number, so we chose four of them to share with you today. Clockwise from top left:

Helen A. Whittier (1846-1925), founder and first president of the Middlesex Woman's Club (Massachusetts), and President of the Massachusetts Federation, 1904-1907. An art teacher, she took over her father's textile mill in 1888 but returned to teaching in later years.

Maria de Lopez (1881-1977), founder of the Woman's City Club of Los Angeles, and active in many other clubs. A dedicated educator, she taught English as a second language in high school before becoming a professor at UCLA.

Anna J.H. Pennybacker (1861-1938), founder of the Tyler Woman's Club (Texas) who made her way up through the ranks to serve as GFWC President, 1912-1916. She was a teacher both before and after her marriage, and wrote a textbook, "A New History of Texas for Schools," in 1900.

Elizabeth Bender Cloud (1888-1965), founder of the Oregon Trail Woman's Club (Oregon) and the only Native American woman to serve as GFWC Chairman of Indian Affairs at the national level, 1950-1954. She trained as a teacher at the Hampton Institute, and taught at schools on several reservations as well as the Carlisle Indian School.

Check the comments for links to learn more about these women, and please let us know about teachers in your club, historic or present-day!

04/29/2026

If you ever have the chance to see the building, it is really wonderful.

04/21/2026

After many years in the making, we were honored to participate in the City of La Habra’s building dedication on Monday, April 20. Following the transition from our former clubhouse, which was deemed unsafe and is now the site of the new Las Reinas Park, this new space represents both renewal and opportunity. We are grateful for this fresh beginning and look forward to continuing our mission of working together and helping one another.

04/15/2026

Book Club meets April 27 at our New Clubhouse. The book is Colored Television by Danzy Senna.

04/08/2026

It's WHRC Wednesday! Some of the artifacts in the Women's History and Resource Center collection have minimal (or even zero) associated information, and we have to dive into the archives for research. Sometimes those discoveries happen accidentally! Today's example: the two US Forest Service gavels in the object collection. While GFWC has been a long-time supporter of the US Forest Service and all the good work they do for national conservation, the reason for these two pieces was a bit of a mystery.

While researching GFWC President Roberta Campbell Lawson (1935-1938) for the upcoming exhibit at Convention, we came across two photos showing Lawson receiving gavels from a Forest Service representative. This clue helped narrow down the potential time frame for research, and sure enough, in the December 1936 issue of our magazine we found this notice:

"The GFWC Conservation Division is conducting a contest, with a prize to the State promoting the most notable project in Conservation... The prize is a unique gavel offered through the cooperation of the United States Forest Service, emblazoned with its insignia."

Later articles tell us that depending on the prize level, every district or even every club would receive a gavel. That means that the Illinois Federation, for example, with its winning Memorial Forest, got over *1,100* gavels to disperse. The gavels were made by Civilian Conservation Corps workers across the country (which may explain the great variety in style and form visible just from these four examples).

There's still more to discover, and you, our members and friends, can help! Is there a gavel with the USFS logo in your club's collection? Does your history tell of the time in the 1930s when you won a Forestry contest and received a lovely handmade prize? Let us know, and help fill in the gaps in this story!

📷 GFWC President Roberta Campbell Lawson (1935-1938) posed with two US Forest Service gavels, from the William A. McGalliard Historical Collection, Ardmore Public Library, via the Gateway to Oklahoma History. We'll put a link to this, and to a related photo in another museum, in the comments.
📷 Our pair of US Forest Service gavels, GFWC Memorabilia collection.

03/07/2026

If you are a Senior at La Habra H S or Sonora High or Whittier Christian who would like to continue your education- please consider applying for our scholarship! No GPA requirements!

03/06/2026

Support the Arts & your local community! Join the La Habra Woman's Club for Phantom Projects Theatre presentation of Bye Bye Birdie on June 7th . This is a great fundraiser!