Linda A. Collins This is Me

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1. 1. phillyBurbs.com | Intelligencer

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   Published on: 9/30/2002   Last Visited: 9/30/2002

   Linda Collins, Karen Wiley Sandler, Meg McGoldrick and Lynne Gold-Bikin will be lauded by the March of Dimes at a reception at Temple Ambler and a dinner later in the month.
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   Inspired by a relative who endured abuse and poverty at a time when there were no domestic violence shelters, Linda Collins has devoted her life to improving the lives of abused and battered women.
   
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   Influenced in the mid-1970s by the women's rights movement, Collins first became a professional advocate for battered women at Women in Transition in Philadelphia. She then joined the Women's Center of Montgomery County and became its first executive director in 1982.
   
   "In 1988, my work for justice took me to law school at Temple University," she said. "My law career has focused on providing legal services to battered women and the elderly. Friends call me the social worker with a law degree."
   
   Since 1993 she has been executive director of Laurel House, which was opened by the women's center and became a separate entity. Collins also is a member of S.P.I.R.I.T., a volunteer organization started in Abington Township. Organization members ride along with area police departments to speak with and provide resources to victims of domestic violence.
   
   Collins, who is to receive the award for public service, credits those who work with her for her success. "Choosing me for an honor only honors the people I've worked with," she said. "I would never be anywhere without these people."
   
   Penn State's Sandler - former vice president and dean of academic affairs at Juniata College, former assistant dean of Gettysburg College and former faculty member at the University of Vermont, said she was honored by the selection.
   
   "I was really overwhelmed," she said.

2. 2. 25th Anniversary Program

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   Published on: 3/1/1984   Last Visited: 9/11/2003

   1988 I returned to Jenkintown to become executive director, replacing Linda Collins, the first director.
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   Linda A. Collins
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   · Receiving seed money of $15,000 from United Way, which paved the way for the hiring of our first executive director, Linda Collins, then a board member in charge of finance. Linda was then able to churn out proposals that set in motion the future growth of the Center.
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   Along with Linda Collins, Donna Byrne, and Betty Sayer, I helped with our expansion into a Norristown office, and later into Pottstown.
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   At the same time, I became active in PCADV, with the encouragement of Linda Collins.

3. 3. ASCSA Newsletter Index 1977-1997

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   Published on: 2/19/1999   Last Visited: 9/24/2002

   Reilly, Linda Collins: named college dean, book released F78-15
   
   religion: on Augustus and the Athenian Religion (K. Edwards) S96-10; Hellenistic religion (J.D. Mikalson) S96-13; paganism in the Peloponnese (F. Trombley) S83-14 (F); votive reliefs (C. Lawton) S96-12 (F). See also cults
   
   Replogle Foundation: establishes Broneer Fellowship S86-15