National League of American
Pen Women
Santa Clara County Branch
Est. 1922
About Us
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
Our meetings are held once a month in the Headen-Inman Historical Museum House in Santa Clara, CA
Our national headquarters, established in 1897, is located in Washington D.C.
Attending the Centennial Celebration
Back row left to right:
Mary Miller Chiao, Tina Jones Williams, Jeanne Carbone, Edie Matthews, Susan Zerweck, Tonya McQuade, Carol Greene, Patty Watkins Dick, ShaRon Haugen, Norma Slavit, Katy Tyler, Geraldine Forte, Karen Franzenburg, Alice Ann Glenn, Cyra Cowan,
Front row left to right:
Sheralee Iglehart, Gail Lockhart, Carol Brolin, Luanna Leisure, Audry Lynch, Barbara Chamberlain, Jude Tolley, Donna Sordyl. Not in photo, Kay Duffy. On Zoom, Darlene Weingand and Sallee Peterson.
Centennial Celebration
May 6, 2023
Santa Clara County Branch of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) celebrated our 100 year anniversary. This was a year delayed because of covid-19.
NLAPW was first charted in 1897 in Washington D.C. When the Santa Clara County Branch was chartered in 1922 only 23 branches had been charted previously.
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Meet The Pen Women
Harriett Arnold
Art
Tracy Beardsley
Art
Catherine Bohrman
Art
Marilyn August
Letters
Teresa Beyer
Art
Carol Brolin
Art
Gina Bae
Art
Jo Ann Blum
Letters
Dorothy Brown
Art
Jeanne Carbone
Art & Letters
Cyra Cowan
Art
Rose "Pat" Fisher
Art
Janet Silver Ghent
Letters
Carol Greene
Letters & Music
Marjorie Johnson
Letters
Letters
Edie Matthews
Tonya McQuade
Letters
Tola Minkoff
Art
Diana Chan
Letters
Patty Dick
Art & Letters
Gerri Forte
Letters
Alice Ann Glenn
Letters
Phyllis Gunderson
Art
Audry Lynch
Letters
Evelyn Romero Martinez
Letters
Ursula Meier
Letters
Carolina Mueller
Art
Mary Miller Chiao
Letters
Kay Duffy
Art
Karen Franzenburg
Letters
Claudia Gray
Art
Sheralee Iglehart
Letters
Dianne Glass MacNair
Letters
Jana McBurney-Lin
Letters
Maralyn Miller
Art
Kathy Olson
Letters & Music
Lolly Owens
Art
Jane Parks-McKay
Letters
Elvira Rascov
Art
Mary Ann Savage
Letters
Marcia Sivek
Art
Patricia Suggs
Art
Bonnie Vaughan
Letters
Tina Jones Williams
Letters
Geraldine "Jerri" Scaife
Art
Arial Smart
Letters
Keira Silver
Letters
Bonnie Jo Smith
Letters
Instagram: Bonnie Smith 5800
Lori Howell Thompson
Art & Letters
Kathryn "Katy" Tyler
Letters
Louise Webb
Letters
Carol Woodard
Art
Darlene Weingand
Letters
Fontanna Zhi
Art