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Early Women’s Clubs Sparked a National Movement
The article traces the dawn of women’s clubs from 17th century New England to the 19th century, detailing pioneers like Anne Bradstreet, Hannah Adams, and Mary Livermore. It notes New England and Sorosis of New York as early leaders, their roles in forming the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, and the 1889 national expansion culminating in a 61 club convention across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Gilbert
Aspasia
New England
Boston
New York
Bradstreet Vernor
Massachusetts
Ica
Anne
Rhode Island
Woman’s ‘ Rsult
Jacksonville Ladies’, Education Society
Illinois State Federation
Jacksonville
Joseph Bancroft
New York Society
Minerva Club
New Harmony
Indiana
Constance Fauntleroy Runice
Robert Dale Owen
Ilinois
Central States
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Hearth Stone
Alice Cary
Mary E. Booth
Kate Field
Friends In Council
Quincy
Ladies Physiological Institute
Sorosis
Vicinity
Mary A. Livermore
Louisa Alcott
Elizabeth Cherry
James T. Fields
Abba Goohs Woolson
Mary S. Safford
Henry Whitman
Maria Mitchell
E. L. N. Watson
Kate Gannett Wells
Julia Ward Howe
Croly
Jennie June
New York Press Club
Charles Dickens
Association For the Advancement of Women
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Woman’s Club