Why Support Strong Sisters?
- Show support for Colorado history, for Colorado elected women, and for Colorado’s thriving independent and documentary film scene.
- Receive a tax-deduction for your contribution. Strong Sisters is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations to the project are tax deductible.
- Honor leaders of the past and inspire leaders of the future.
- Your donation will be used to provide screenings and presentations to organizations and schools who do not have the ability to pay for a presentation. Donations will also be used to edit our 76 interviews into a collection of oral histories that can be used for academic and research purposes.
Donate by check, made out to Strong Sisters, and mailed to Strong Sisters c/o Laura Hoeppner, 265 Dillon Ridge Rd. Ste. C / 402, Dillon, CO 80435.
Sponsorship Levels:
$25,000 Petticoat Government Sponsor (with opening credit): In 1929 the Town of Grover elected an all-woman board to enforce law and order. Elizabeth Lower becomes Mayor. $10,000 Virginia Blue Sponsor (with opening credit): First female State Treasurer in Colorado. $5,000 Ruth Small Stockton Sponsor: First woman to serve on and Chair the JBC, First female President pro-tem of the Senate. $2,500 Arie Taylor Sponsor: First African-American woman to serve in the Colorado House. $1,000 Helen Ring Robinson Sponsor: First woman to serve in the Colorado Senate. $500 Betty Benevidez Sponsor: First Latina elected to General Assembly. $250 Agnes Riddle Sponsor: First woman to serve in both chambers. $100 Elizabeth Pellet Sponsor: First woman elected to top leadership position in the House (House Minority Leader), First Colorado woman to run for Congress.Thank you for your support!
