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The Wimodaughsis and Washington Women Clubs
A portrait of Washingtons women organizations led by the Wimodaughsis, detailing founders like Mary Desha and Susan B. Anthony, the clubs diverse aims from education to social life, and the expansion of women in government service amid ongoing suffrage debates. It notes key figures, venues, and the broad network of local and national groups supporting womens work in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Washington
Woman Suffrage Association
Travel Club
Short Story Club
Isabella Association
Mary Desha
W.C. P. Breckinridge
Lucy BE
Anthony
Susan B
Anna H. Shaw
Ruth G. D. Havens
Fanny Edwards
Susan B. Anthony
E. ©. Stanton
Clara Barton
Clara B. Colby
Laura M. Johns
Kansas
Caroline M. Winslow
I Street
Franklin Park
National Woman Suffrage Association
Wimodaughsis
Eha 8. Marble
Mary A. Lockwood
Susanne Crandall
Mary E. Griffith
Congress
Legion of Loyal Women
Ruth E. Blasland
Women’s Press Club
Belva A. Lockwood
The
Peace and Arbitration Society
Bern Peace Association
American Peace Bureau
Washington Club
Four Hundred
Legion
J. BH. Branun