The National Organization of Italian American Women was founded in 1980 by a small group of Italian American women who sought to create a national network to support the educational and professional aspirations of its members and to combat ethnic stereotypes by promoting positive role models.

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Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano in Lombardia, Italy, was the first American citizen to be canonized. In 1889, she came to New York to help the many new Italian immigrants at the request of Pope Leo XIII. She founded a total of 67 orphanages, schools and hospitals to serve the needs of immigrants all over the world.

Mother Cabrini was beatified on November 13, 1938 and canonized on July 7, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. She was officially declared the Universal Patroness of Immigrants by the Vatican in 1950.

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