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Texas in May and Savannah, Georgia in October. Clair Butler of Detroit and her sister-in-law, Helen Jackson of Dallas, Texas were the principals involved in contacting and organizing Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter. They were sponsored by Detroit chapter and Jewel Day was the first president.
  
Lollie Cook and Lillian Alexander talked about Squaws until Lollie organized a group which was installed in the fall of 1973 with Lollie as president and the Charlotte Chapter as sponsor.
  
The Chapters met in Benton Harbor, Michigan in July 1974 at the Fourth Biennial Conclave - 10 chapters were represented - the attendance numbered 109. The Squaws and Braves (Papooses, too) were all shocked by the tragic and untimely drowning of Brave Ben Davis, husband of Squaw Cecelia Davis of the Durham Chapter. At the luncheon, a representative from Howard University accepted a check in the amount of $2000.00 for a Sickle Cell Research Program conducted at Howard University. Bettye McLaurin was elected the new National President. SOTY Awards were again presented to designated members from each chapter. Headquarters-Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge.
  
Squaws, Inc. held its first combination Executive Board Meeting-Installation, April 5-7, 1975 at the Kahler Green Oaks in Fort Worth, Texas. With the dissolution of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter, a charter was issued to each chapter; thereby formulating two chapters. There were sixteen ladies inducted into the Fort Worth Chapter; and twelve ladies were inducted into the Dallas Chapter. Helen Jackson was president of the Dallas Chapter and Jewel Day was president of the Fort Worth Chapter.
  
The second combination Executive Board Meeting - Installation was held August 1-3, 1975 at the International Inn in Washington, D.C. Sixteen ladies became members of the D.C. Chapter. Hattie Chaplin was the first president.
  
Jeannie Jackson, daughter of Pittsburgh Chapter's charter member, Betty Watkins, organized a group of young ladies in Houston, Texas. These sixteen ladies were installed at the Houston Oaks Hotel, November 15, 1975, in Houston, Texas. Maria Horton was Houston's first president.
  
The DeSoto Hilton Hotel in Savannah, Georgia was the site of the Executive Board Meeting, March 27, 1976.
  
The fifth biennial conclave was held, July 22-25, 1976 at the Holiday Inn Lakeside, in Cleveland, Ohio. There were, at that time, thirteen chapters, and two hundred and fifteen (215) active members of Squaws. The national project was hypertension. SOTY Awards were presented to a member, selected from each chapter. Bettye McLaurin, of the Charlotte Chapter, was elected for a second term as national president.
  
From April 15-17, 1977, Executive Board Meeting was held in Atlanta, Georgia. The Atlanta Chapter of Squaws was installed April 15, 1977. Eighteen young ladies were installed. Atlanta became the fourteenth chapter of Squaws, Inc.
  
On June 24, 1977, in Fort Worth, Texas, Squaw Manaree Denton, National Chaplain, departed this life. Squaw Elizabeth Giddens of the Pittsburgh Chapter departed July 26, 1977.
  
The Springfield Chapter was installed, September 3, 1977 at the Hotel Forum Thirty, in Springfield, Illinois. Twelve ladies wee inducted into the chapter. JoAnn Scott with the first president. Executive Board Meeting was held September 4, 1977, at the same location.
  
Executive Board Meeting was held Friday, March 31, 1978, at the Mayo Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fifteen ladies were installed in the Tulsa Chapter on April 1, 1978. Janice Williams was the chapter's first president.
  
Executive Board Meeting and the Sixth Biennial Conclave were held July 13-16, 1978, at the Commodore Perry Motor Inn in Toledo, Ohio. Total membership of Squaws, at this time, as reported by the membership chairman, was two hundred and sixty-three (263). In attendance at this conclave were one hundred and thirty-nine (139) Squaws, Ninety-one (91) Braves, and twenty-seven (27) Papooses.
  
The husbands of the Squaws are affectionately referred to as "Braves" and play an important and significant role outside of the official structure of SQUAWS, INCORPORATED. 

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[[caption]] Picture of National Conclave Chairperson, National President and Local Chapter During Planning Session.
Left to Right: Lillian Alexander, National Conclave Chairperson; Bettye McLaurin, National President; and Virginia Shadd, Local Chapter President. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] PITTSBURGH, PA. FOUNDING CHAPTER OF SQUAWS, INC.
Seated Left to Right: Fredericka Thomas, Betty Watkins, Alice Sloan, Johnnie Matthews, Josephine Bagley and (Lee Shelton Not Pictured.)
Standing Left to Right: Jacqueline Williams, Laura Stewart, Rebecca Hariston, Gussie Allen, Mary Shelton, Ethyl Chavis, Margaret Worthy, Kate Ellis and Martha Willis. [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] Members of Charlotte Chapter During Planning Session for 1980 Conclave.
Center: Mattie Arnold. Left to right: Christine Bowser, Shirley Massey, Bettye Cherry, Bernice Cherry, Lillian Alexander, Conclave Chairperson; Maxine Davis, Mary Gill, Mae Orr and Virginia Shadd, Local Chapter President. [[/caption]]

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