It was a big day for P.E.O. in Mount Pleasant, Thursday, July 17, 2026. Your three local Mount Pleasant chapters hosted the international presidents and officers for the annual Heritage Tour to showcase the birthplace of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. With nearly 6,000 chapters spread throughout the United States of America and Canada and 190,000 members, the philanthropic educational organization of women supporting women has grown tremendously from the seven Iowa Wesleyan students who founded the organization in 1869.
Yesterday about 80 women were in attendance, including the current International Chapter President Cathy Moss from Louisville, Kentucky and Iowa State Chapter President Pam Schulz who resides in Marion, Iowa. Heritage Tour participants toured the former Iowa Wesleyan Campus, including the P.E.O. Memory Rooms Museum housed in Old Main and went on a town tour to see historic landmarks and homes related to P.E.O. Before heading back to Des Moines for their P.E.O. annual leadership training, they enjoyed a wonderful lunch in the historic Union Block Building, where five of the seven founders graduated from Iowa Wesleyan University.
To learn more about P.E.O. and the Heritage Tour, visit here to listen to the interview! Or visit www.peointernational.org