The Summer 2018 edition of the CDA newsletter has articles on the upcoming Fall Benefit, the recent Annual Meeting, recent Society initiatives, and chapter and member highlights...
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The International Hildreth Meière Association has recently launched a new website hildrethmeiere.org that encompasses almost all of American Art Deco muralist Hildreth Meière’s 100 commissions. The website was a collaborative project among three Dames: Hildreth Meière’s daughter, Louise Meière Dunn, granddaughter Hildreth Meière Dunn, and...
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The Colonial Dames of America (CDA) has elected Brantley Bolling Knowles as the Society's 38th President General. She will serve a three-year term. Founded in May 1890, the CDA was the first hereditary lineage society for women focusing on the colonial period. With 40 chapters in...
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"The Colonial Dames of America Celebrates a Century-Long Relationship" was published as an article in the Summer issue of the Social Register Observer. The article was written by Sharri Whiting De Masi, the CDA's Communications Committee Chair. The article shares about CDA's 2017 Fall Benefit,...
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After six years as President General of The Colonial Dames of America, Sharon Worthing Vaino passed the gavel to new PG Brantley Carter Bolling Knowles at the 2018 Annual Meeting held in Manhattan April 28th-30th....
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The Colonial Dames of America (CDA) has elected Brantley Bolling Knowles as the Society's 38th President General. She will serve a three-year term. Founded in May 1890, the CDA was the first hereditary lineage society for women focusing on the colonial period. With 40 chapters in...
Continue ReadingThe Colonial Dames of America has named the winners of its 2018 Book Awards. The awards will be presented at the Society’s Annual Meeting in New York April 30, 2018. Past President General Audrey Svensson is Chairman of the CDA Book Awards Committee....
Continue ReadingThe 2018 CDA Fall Benefit will encompass four exciting events over two days, culminating in a seated dinner to be held at the Union Club in New York City on October 17 at 7 pm. The benefit this year honors the venerable New York Genealogical...
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Charlotte P. Armstrong, a trailblazer for women’s equality and former President General of The Colonial Dames of America (2000-2003), passed away in December, 2017, in Camden, Maine. A native of Boston, she graduated from Harvard Law School in 1953, a member of the first class...
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The Colonial Dames of America celebrated the end of the 2017 in seasonal style. Click for more photos of the special holiday event....
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