WCA Declaration of Sentiments
In Dallas in 1994, women created
a grass roots organization to address the
needs of women
Because today,
Women still suffer from discrimination;
Women comprise 1/2 the workforce and make only 77 cents on the dollar;
Women and their children makeup the majority of poor in the United States;
Women still lose jobs and children based upon actual or perceived sexual identity; are still victims of hate crimes;
Many older women have no adequate support systems: are neglected, ignored, and sometimes victimized.
Because women in nursing homes are isolated, ignored, and neglected;
Because women continue to be last hired, first fired;
And because our work and our needs are trivialized at best and ignored at worst;
Because of all this and more
Our interests must be in our own hands.
WCA providing opportunities
Through programs, activities, and education
To support, empower, and inspire women
Read the original Women's Declaration of Sentiments
from the 1848 Women's Convention in Seneca Falls, New York.