Dallas Chapter History 

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On Nov. 20, 1987, the first gathering of the charter members of the Hispanic Women's Network of Texas took place in Dallas. The charter members representing the Dallas Chapter were women from Dallas and Fort Worth:

Alicia Alvarez
Maggie Cagigal
Solia Canales
Gloria de la Cruz
Irene DeMers
Diana Doria
Pearl Garza Fracchia
Conchita O. Franco
Dr. Catalina “Hope” Garcia
Cynthia A. Gonzales
Blanca Hernandez-Davis
Mary Ann Posada
Theresa Mazuca-Garcia
Diana Navarette Marquis
Edna A. Olivo-Winnette
Patricia Rodriguez Gorman
Frances Rizo
Diana Silva-Herrera
Addie Uranga
Josie Vasquez

The Dallas Chapter also hosted a reception for the state delegates at Dallas City Hall, Flag Room at 8 p.m. that same day. Rosalind Solis was the Mistress of Ceremony.  Dallas Mayor Annette Strauss provided welcoming remarks and a proclamation was read by City Councilman Al Gonzales. Antonia Hernandez, then national president of MALDEF, addressed the group of 200 women representing 10 cities throughout the state of Texas.

Read: The Dallas Morning News Hispanic women look to future article from 1987

1st Conference Program Cover
from the May 1988 Vision State Newsletter

The striking pose of a Hispanic women epitomizes the drive, ambition and presence of HWNT. The poster, "Hispana" painted by San Antonian Thomas Vasquez, was the winning entry of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center poster competition held in San Antonio. The competition, sponsored by a grant from Aheuser-Busch Companies, was held specifically to select the official poster for the first meeting of HWNT in Dallas in November 1987.

Dallas Chapter Charter Members

1987 Proclamation signed by
Dallas Mayor Annette Strauss