In honour of Women's History Month I wanted to feature Lena Madesin Phillips, founder of BPW. Lena Phillips (original name Anna Lena Phillips) was born in 1881 in Kentucky and was educated at female educational institutes. In 1917 Lena became a lawyer and soon started working for YWCA. In 1918 she organized the National Business Women’s Committee for war work. The war ended before any work could be done however the committee decided to continue as an organization dedicated to women in business.
In 1919 the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs was formed with Phillips as executive secretary. Phillips traveled extensively to promote the formation of local clubs and from 1926 until 1929 she served as President of the National Federation. She started the movement for the founding of the International Federation in 1930 and was its President until 1947.
Lena died in 1955 in Marseille France.
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