At the time, the mission house, always intended as a place for programs aiding women, children and the poor, was vacant.

In 1980, she helped found Women's Way, an organization that has raised up to $2 million a year to aid battered women.

In 2008 the Spanish Government announced plans to aid women who had been trafficked.

The show aimed to aid men and women who have recently gone through separation or divorce.

The plan represents the first time that the city has sponsored a government contract program to aid minorities and women.

The 30-year-old charity offered free legal advice for the poor, backed small local development projects and aided women, Reuters reported.

She opened Sister House on Chicago's west side to aid women coming out of prison.

Of the two, only Benedict devoted herself systematically to aiding other women.

The program primarily aided women, but the services were also open to men who became widowers and displaced homemakers themselves.

The organization's stated purpose is committed to aid women, children, and victims of violence, torture, and human rights violations.