According to the official website of the P.E.O. Sisterhood:
P.E.O. is a philanthropic organization where women celebrate the advancement of women; educate women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans, and stewardship of Cottey College; and motivate women to achieve their highest aspirations.
P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization), one of the pioneer societies for women, was founded on January 21, 1869, by seven students at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Originally a small campus friendship society, P.E.O. soon blossomed to include women off campus.
Today, P.E.O. has grown from that tiny membership of seven to almost a quarter of a million members in chapters in the United States and Canada. The P.E.O. Sisterhood is passionate about its mission: promoting educational opportunities for women. Our sisterhood proudly makes a difference in women’s lives with six philanthropies that include ownership of Cottey College, a women’s college with two-year and selected four-year programs, and five other philanthropies that provide higher educational assistance: P.E.O. Educational Loan Fund, P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund, P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education, P.E.O. Scholar Awards, and P.E.O. STAR Scholarship.
Box 1
File 1 – Philanthropic Education Organization (P.E.O.) Chapter CA History and Organization – 1982-1985
File 2 – P.E.O. Members Information – 1986
File 3 – Miscellaneous – 1996
File 4 – News Magazine – “The P.E.O. Record” – October 1984
File 5 – News – Magazine – “The P.E.O. Record” – 2010-2011
File 6 – News – Magazine – “The P.E.O. Record” – 2012
File 7 – News – Magazine – “The P.E.O. Record” – 2013
File 8 – News – Magazine – “The P.E.O. Record” – 2014
File 9 – Booklets – Chapter CA Programs – 2005-2013
Item 1 – Scrapbook – 1983-1986
Item 2 – Chapter Members of Conway P.E.O. Chapter CA – Pictured: Gay Moore, Sadie Koon, Erma Buthman, Helen Davis, Marion Baker, Janice Bannister, Mary Gentry, Pat Ott, Ella Myrl Shanks, Barbara Satterfield, Martha Bumpers, Virginia Upton, Molsie Osbourn, Jo Smith – 1983
End Box 1
Box 2
Item 1 – Scrapbook – 1986-1988
Item 2 – Scrapbook – 1988-1990
Item 3 – Scrapbook – 1990-1991
Item 4 – Scrapbook – 1991-1994
End of Box 2
Box 3
Item 1 – Scrapbook – 1994-1995
Item 2 – Scrapbook – 1995-1996
Item 3 – Scrapbook – 1996-1998
Item 4 – Scrapbook – 1998-2000
End of Box 3
Box 4
Item 1 – Scrapbook – 2000-2002
Item 2 – Scrapbook – 2003
Item 3 – Scrapbook – 2003-2004
Item 4 – Scrapbook – 2004-2006
End of Box 4
Box 5
Item 1 – Scrapbook – 2006-2007
Item 2 – Scrapbook – 2007-2009
Item 3 – Scrapbook – 2009-2010
Item 4 – Scrapbook – 2011-2013
End of Box 5
End of Collection