The Ebell Society was a
woman's club
The woman's club movement was a social movement that took place throughout the United States that established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy. While women's organizations had always been a par ...
with its first chapter in
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
. It was founded in 1876 and was originally called the International Academy for the Advancement of Women. The club's purpose was the advancement of women in cultural, industrial and intellectual pursuits.
After feminist
Adrian John Ebell's early death in 1877 at age 37 the International Academy for the Advancement of Women renamed their club to honor him. Other chapters formed in California.
From 1907 to 1959 the Oakland chapter had a club house built in the
Tudor Revival
Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...
style located at 1440 Harrison Street.
That building was destroyed by fire in 1959.
The original Oakland chapter disbanded in 2011.
Gallery
File:Ebell Oakland California.png, Ebell Society original 1896 Club House Oakland, California
File:Ebell Society of Santa Ana Valley.jpg, Ebell Society of Santa Ana, California
File:Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles.JPG, Ebell of Los Angeles, California
File:Ebell Building, Highland Park.jpg, Ebell Building Highland Park, California
See also
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Ebell Club of Santa Paula, California
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Ebell of Los Angeles
The Ebell of Los Angeles is a women-led and women-centered nonprofit housed in an historic campus in the Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles, California. It includes numerous performance spaces, meeting rooms, classrooms and the 1,238-seat Wilshi ...
, California
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Ebell of Long Beach
Ebell of Long Beach was a women's club in Long Beach, California. A chapter of the Ebell Society
The Ebell Society was a woman's club with its first chapter in Oakland, California. It was founded in 1876 and was originally called the Internation ...
, California
References
Women's clubs in the United States
Women's organizations based in the United States
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