Lewis & Clark Elementary PTA
For more than 100 years, National PTA has promoted the education, health, and safety of
children and families. It was founded in 1897 in Washington, DC, and has, over the years,
united parents, teachers, and community members of all races and backgrounds to serve all
children and youth.
The National PTA was created to meet a profound challenge: to better the lives of children. PTA
has flourished because it has never lost sight of its goal to improve the lives of children across
our great nation.
Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst founded an organization—a nationwide
movement—in a time when social activism was scorned and women did not have the vote.
Believing that there is no stronger bond than that between mother and child, they felt it was up
to mothers of this country to eliminate threats that endangered children.In 1897, they called for
action and more than 2,000 people responded—many were mothers, but fathers, teachers,
laborers, and legislators also responded. Support grew from that first meeting in Washington
DC. Problems were identified and strategies devised. Through consistent hard work,
sometimes after years of perseverance, the dreams became reality:
the creation of kindergarten classes,
child labor laws,
a public health service,
hot lunch programs,
a juvenile justice system,
mandatory immunization
and many more programs were accepted as national norms. Between 1897 and 1919, 37 state-
level congresses were chartered to help carry out the work of the organization.
PTA membership is open to anyone who believes in the Mission and Purposes of National
PTA. Individual members may belong to more than one local PTA unit. Every person who joins a
local PTA unit automatically becomes a member of both the state and National PTAs.
One of the many benefits of PTA membership is the resources provided by the National PTA.
The most readily-available and widely-used resource is the National PTA's website: www.pta.
org
There is a wealth of information available at the website. The website is updated regularly and
many parts of the website are available for viewing in both English and Spanish. It contains
information about the PTA, its history, and information about the current officers. It also contains
descriptions of its programs, lists of resources and publications available, and services
provided by the National PTA. It contains information about legislation being considered in
Congress, information about becoming a member, and links to all state PTA websites. It is the
place to go to find out everything you need to know about the National PTA.
For a list of National PTA's major accomplishments, and biographies of the founders of
National PTA, go to: http://www.pta.org/1164.asp
For more information about the National PTA, go to their website at www.pta.org.
children and families. It was founded in 1897 in Washington, DC, and has, over the years,
united parents, teachers, and community members of all races and backgrounds to serve all
children and youth.
The National PTA was created to meet a profound challenge: to better the lives of children. PTA
has flourished because it has never lost sight of its goal to improve the lives of children across
our great nation.
Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst founded an organization—a nationwide
movement—in a time when social activism was scorned and women did not have the vote.
Believing that there is no stronger bond than that between mother and child, they felt it was up
to mothers of this country to eliminate threats that endangered children.In 1897, they called for
action and more than 2,000 people responded—many were mothers, but fathers, teachers,
laborers, and legislators also responded. Support grew from that first meeting in Washington
DC. Problems were identified and strategies devised. Through consistent hard work,
sometimes after years of perseverance, the dreams became reality:
the creation of kindergarten classes,
child labor laws,
a public health service,
hot lunch programs,
a juvenile justice system,
mandatory immunization
and many more programs were accepted as national norms. Between 1897 and 1919, 37 state-
level congresses were chartered to help carry out the work of the organization.
PTA membership is open to anyone who believes in the Mission and Purposes of National
PTA. Individual members may belong to more than one local PTA unit. Every person who joins a
local PTA unit automatically becomes a member of both the state and National PTAs.
One of the many benefits of PTA membership is the resources provided by the National PTA.
The most readily-available and widely-used resource is the National PTA's website: www.pta.
org
There is a wealth of information available at the website. The website is updated regularly and
many parts of the website are available for viewing in both English and Spanish. It contains
information about the PTA, its history, and information about the current officers. It also contains
descriptions of its programs, lists of resources and publications available, and services
provided by the National PTA. It contains information about legislation being considered in
Congress, information about becoming a member, and links to all state PTA websites. It is the
place to go to find out everything you need to know about the National PTA.
For a list of National PTA's major accomplishments, and biographies of the founders of
National PTA, go to: http://www.pta.org/1164.asp
For more information about the National PTA, go to their website at www.pta.org.
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