Ebell of Long Beach was a

women'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 ...

Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporate ...

. 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 International Academy for the Advancement of Women. The club's purpose was the advancement of women in cultural ...

, it was one of the largest women's clubs in Southern California. The Long Beach chapter was established on November 16, 1896 by club president Adelaide Tichenor, a local civic leader, and seventeen other women. In the 1920s it had well over one thousand member and twenty departments. Pearl Jane Pearson Brison was an organizer and served as a president. The chapter closed in 2017. The chapter's historic building now provides an event space and loft residential units.

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