Catholic Daughters of the Americas was founded in 1903 in New York by John E. Carberry and Knights of Columbus as National Order of Daughters of Isabella, and is one of the largest women's organizations in the Americas. It was renamed as Catholic Daughters of the Americas in 1921, and in 1925 it became an independent organization. Founded in Utica, New York, it has its headquarters in New York City. In 2012 there were 75,000 members in some 1,250 courts (local chapters) in 45 states across the country, and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
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