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Woman's clubs or women's clubs are examples of the woman's club movement. Many local clubs and national or regional federations were influential in history. The importance of some local clubs is demonstrated by their women's club buildings being listed on historic registries. In the United States, the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) became the primary umbrella organization of women's clubs in the United States. "For the later part of the nineteenth century and much of the twentieth century, the women's clubs were an essential vehicle for women's activity outside of the home." and In New Mexico alone, a state federation grew to include 59 clubs. In Australia, the Country Women's Association had numerous clubs. Most historical women's clubs served social and charitable purposes, most of which may seem relatively uncontroversial today. These purposes have included voluntary civic service purposes such as: *opening lending libraries and seeking funding to create permanent public libraries *pursuing historic preservation *advocating for women's suffrage, other rights for women *campaigning against lynching and Jim Crow laws *serving as professional women's clubs, comparable to historic men's clubs of London *serving as athletic clubs or otherwise supporting sports, physical activity *addressing sanitation and health issues *hosting social activities, including card games *hosting lectures and otherwise engaging in education *addressing employment and labor conditions Some women's groups with a more activist political orientation which used "club" in their name, such as perhaps the

Alpha Suffrage Club The Alpha Suffrage Club was the first and most important black female suffrage club in Chicago and one of the most important in Illinois. It was founded on January 30, 1913 by Ida B. Wells with the help of her white colleagues Belle Squire and Vir ...

which fought for black female suffrage in Chicago, are included here, too.

Notable examples

International

* Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), founded as an international organization in 1894, had roots from 1855. In 120 countries. * Woman's Christian Temperance Union, organized in Ohio in 1873, has affiliates in Australia, Canada, Germany, Finland, India, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, United Kingdom, and the United States *

International Association of Lyceum Clubs The International Association of Lyceum Clubs was a women's club founded in London, England in 1903 by Constance Smedley. The club is still active. Background The club was formed as a place for women involved with literature, journalism, art, scie ...

, founded in 1904 in London, England, asserted to have clubs in 17 countries. Was formed as a place for women involved with literature, journalism, art, science and medicine to meet in an atmosphere that was similar to the men's professional clubs of that era. *

P.E.O. Sisterhood The P.E.O. Sisterhood (Philanthropic Educational Organization) is a U.S.-based international women's organization of about 230,000 members, with a primary focus on providing educational opportunities for female students worldwide. The Sisterhood ...

, founded as a sorority in Iowa in 1869, went national in 1883. A charitable organization. *

List of Cosmopolitan Clubs The following is a list of Cosmopolitan Clubs grouped by continent and geographic region. The Cosmopolitan Club is a private social club with groups located in approximately every corner of the world. North America ;Canada * Cosmopolitan Club (Winn ...

. England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, China, India, U.S. (Are/were these all women's clubs? The ones in Philadelphia and NYC were, and have articles, and are separate items below.) * Women's International Motorcycle Association, founded in 1950, in 25 countries, purports to be the largest women's motorcycle organization * Women for Sobriety, founded in 1976, for women only, an alternative to the Twelve Steps program of Alcoholics Anonymous. * Women in the Wind (motorcycle club), founded in 1979, has had 100 chapters in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Portugal, also purports to be the largest women's motorcycle organization

Australia

Wonglepong QCWA Hall Wonglepong QCWA Hall is a heritage-listed community hall at 2779 Beaudesert-Nerang Road, Wonglepong, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1935 by EJ Franklin. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 11 November ...

Adelaide Women's Club Adelaide Women's Club was a social club for women which operated from 1922 to 1938 in Adelaide, South Australia. History The Adelaide Women's Club was founded in June 1922 by a handful of professional women led by Adelaide Miethke, and incorpora ...

Brisbane Women's Club The Brisbane Women's Club is a club for women, one of the first in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The club was founded in 1908 as the Progressive Women's Club, an offshoot of the Queensland Women's Electoral League. Its aims were both ...

* Karrakatta Club *

Lyceum Club (Australia) The Lyceum Club, also known as the Australian Association of Lyceum Clubs and formed in 1972 from several smaller clubs, is an Australian arts, literature and social activism group for women only. The aim of the AALC is to promote a spirit of good ...

* Queen Adelaide Club

Azerbaijan

* Ali Bayramov Club, Baku, founded in 1920 as a literacy and sewing circle, it campaigned for women's

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and literacy.

Cuba

* Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club (1929–39), Havana. A women's cultural, social, and physical fitness organization; it established Cuba's first free public library, first children's library, and first course of instruction for librarians.

England

* University Women's Club, Mayfair, London * Pioneer Club (women's club), London **

Grosvenor Crescent Club Grosvenor may refer to: People * Grosvenor (surname) * Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster * Grosvenor Francis (1873–1944), Australian politician * Grosvenor Hodgkinson (1818–1881), English lawyer and politician Places, buildings a ...

, London, which split off from the Pioneer Club * Ladies Dining Society (1890-World War I), Cambridge, a private women's dining and discussion club at Cambridge University. Primarily wives of male professors and college fellows. Members campaigned for Cambridge to grant degrees to women, and most were strong supporters of female suffrage. * Ladies' Alpine Club (1907-1975), London, the first mountaineering club for women.

Greece

Lyceum Club of Greek Women The Lykeion ton Ellinidon is a Hellenic women’s organisation, whose main constitutional aim is to preserve and promote Hellenic cultural heritage. It was established in 1911 by Callirhoe Siganou-Parren, a pioneer of the feminist movement in Greec ...

, founded in Athens in 1911, has 51 branches including 16 outside of Greece. Its purpose is to preserve and promote Greek cultural heritage and it opened, in 1988, the Museum of the History of the Greek Costume.

United States

In the United States a number of clubs were established, and corresponding buildings were built, in the early 1900s as part of a scheme by publisher

Edward Gardner Lewis Edward Gardner Lewis (March 4, 1869 – August 10, 1950) was an American magazine publisher, land development promoter, and political activist. He was the founder of two planned communities that are now cities: University City, Missouri, and Atasc ...

to promote sales of '' Woman's Magazine'', but many more were independent organizations. Numerous women's club buildings have been evaluated for listing on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) individually or as part of wider collections. Historic preservation studies have been conducted for women's clubhouses in Florida, in Illinois, in New Jersey,National Register of Historic Places: Clubhouses of New Jersey Women's Clubs, NJ, 2010-09-29 in New Mexico, and in Olympia, Washington Women's clubs in the United States were indexed by the GFWC, and also by

Helen M. Winslow Helen M. Winslow (pen name, Aunt Philury; April 13, 1851 – March 27, 1938) was an American editor, author, publisher, and journalist. She began her work on Boston papers. Winslow served as dramatic editor on ''The Beacon'', 1891–97; edito ...

who published an annual "register and directory" of the GFWC ones and some more, which was in its 24th annual edition in 1922. The GWFC did not admit clubs for African-American women, and Winslow's directory seems to omit them too. Various clubs for black women / African American women are included by state below, but see also :National Association of Colored Women's Clubs which includes a number of them.

Multiple locations nationwide, primarily in United States

* The Links, Incorporated, founded in 1946; the largest and most influential organization for Black women *

Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Ill ...

(Ladies of the G.A.R.), founded 1881 as "Loyal Ladies League", went national and assumed current name in 1886. It claims to be the oldest women's hereditary organization in the United States. *

American Association of University Women The American Association of University Women (AAUW), officially founded in 1881, is a non-profit organization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. The organization has a nationwide network of 170,000 ...

, founded as "Association of Collegiate Alumnae" in 1882 *

Women's Health Protective Association Women's Health Protective Association (sometimes, Woman's Health Protective Association; original parent body, Ladies' Health Protective Association) was a US women's organization focused on improving a city's public health and protecting the imme ...

, founded as the "Ladies' Health Protective Association" in 1884 in New York City, had 40 clubs from various cities at its 1897 convention in Philadelphia. * General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890, federation of more than 3,000 women's clubs. * National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC), founded 1896 from merger of 1895-founded National Federation of Afro-American Women, the c.1892-94 Women's Era Club of Boston, and the

National League of Colored Women The Colored Women's League (CWL) of Washington, D.C., was a woman's club, organized by a group of African-American women in June 1892, with Helen Appo Cook as president. The primary mission of this organization was the national union of colored w ...

(founded when?) of Washington, D.C. *

Colonial Dames of America The Colonial Dames of America (CDA) is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor who lived in British America from 1607 to 1775, and was of service to the colonies by either holding public office, being in th ...

(CDA), founded 1890, just before DAR and NSCDA *

Daughters of the American Revolution The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in the United States' efforts towards independence. A non-profit group, they promote ...

(DAR), organized in 1890 after the Sons of the American Revolution would not admit women and expand to become "Sons and Daughters". Promotes historic preservation, education, and patriotism. Membership limited to direct lineal descendants of soldiers or others of the American Revolution. Eclipsed the "Sons" in membership? with 195,000 members? *

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor "who came to reside in an American Colony before 1776, and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Pe ...

(NSCDA), founded 1891, distinct from CDA formed just prior * National Society United States Daughters of 1812, founded in 1892 as "United States Daughters of 1812" *

National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild The National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild was a charity in the United States, started by 1895. It may have been associated with the Women's club movement. Its original goals were "to collect flowers, fruits and vegetables, and to distribute them ...

, founded by 1895 (was this a women's organization?) * Northeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, founded 1896, first umbrella organization for black women's clubs in the United States, went back and forth in affiliating with NACWC, had 55 clubs in northeastern U.S. in early 1900s, was incorporated in 1927 * Phillis Wheatley Club, African Americans' women's clubs, started in 1895 in Nashville, TN, also in Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin and elsewhere *

MacDowell Clubs The MacDowell Clubs in the United States were established at the turn of the twentieth century to honor internationally recognized American composer Edward MacDowell. They became part of a broader social movement to promote music and other art forms ...

, first founded in 1896 in Boston, about 400 in number, mostly choosing to be female only * Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, founded in 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia, grew throughout the south to have a claimed presence in nearly every county throughout the south. Fought against lynchings of black persons. Was restricted to white women only to better be able to affect white women opinions generally, and to address purported motivation of lynching to "protect" white women. * National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, founded in 1919, at a meeting led by Lena Madesin Phillips of Kentucky. In the 1930s it became a charter member of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women. * Yesharah Society, founded 1928, a social organization of female returned missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Had multiple chapters, peaked in 1950s (perhaps most numerous within Utah?) *

Navy Wives Clubs of America The Navy Wives Clubs of America (NWCA) is a national non-profit organization of enlisted and officer United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard spouses whose purpose, by federal charter, is to support the Constitution of the United States, ...

, founded 1936 in California *

Executive Women's Golf Association The Executive Women's Golf Association (EWGA) was an organization that supports women in learning and playing the game of golf. History The EWGA was founded by Nancy Oliver in 1991 and was one of the largest women's amateur golf associations ...

, founded in 1991, headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; in 2014 had 114 chapters throughout the United States, and 1 chapter each in Canada, Bermuda, South Africa, Ireland and Italy. *

Pulpwood Queens The Pulpwood Queens is a meet-and-greet Book discussion club, book club founded in early 2000 in Jefferson, Texas, by Kathy Patrick, Kathy L. Patrick in a combined beauty salon and bookstore, Beauty and the Book. In a joint effort with Random Hous ...

, founded in 2000 in Jefferson, Texas; reportedly has 400 chapters, including 10 in foreign countries and one in a women's prison * United Daughters of the Confederacy, founded in 1894 in Nashville, Tennessee * Ladies' Memorial Association, founded in 1865 in Winchester, Virginia *

United Order of Tents The United Order of Tents is an organization for African-American churchwomen founded in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1867 by Annetta M. Lane (c. 1838-1908) and Harriet R. Taylor. There are chapters across the United States. It is a secret society, with ...

, founded in Virginia, a secret society for African American churchwomen *

Embroiderers' Guild of America The Embroiderers' Guild of America, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is an organization dedicated to "fostering the art of needlework and associated arts." Its members practice any and all forms of needlework, and are dedicated to educatio ...

, established in 1958 as a branch of 1906-founded

Embroiderers' Guild The Embroiderers' Guild is the UK's leading educational charity promoting embroidery. History The guild was formed in September 1906 at a meeting of sixteen ex-students of the Royal School of Art Needlework, under the name ''The Society of Certi ...

headquartered in London, England, and split off later. Is this a women's club? Seems was not exclusively for women, but probably was effectively a women's club. *

League of Women Voters The League of Women Voters (LWV or the League) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan political organization in the United States. Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, and advocating for vot ...

* National Council of Jewish Women * American News Women's Club, established in 1932 as a newspaper club for female reporters. The club's records are held at the University of Maryland Archives.

Alabama

In 1922 the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs had 219 clubs with about 6,000 members, not counting "Colored" / African-American women's clubs. Clubs in the state have included: * Alabama's Colored Women's Club * Mobile Business Women's Club, whose 1912 building in Fairhope, Alabama was listed on the NRHP in 2018 as American Legion Post 199.

Alaska

In 1922 the Alaska Federation of Women's Clubs had 9 clubs with about 427 members. *

Anchorage Woman's Club The Anchorage Woman’s Club (AWC) is a woman's club founded in 1915. It was instrumental in organizing the construction of the first schoolhouse in Anchorage. History Mrs. Fredrick Mears and other women organized the Anchorage Woman’s Club i ...

Arizona

In 1922 the Arizona State Federation of Women's Clubs had 53 clubs with about 3,515 members. In 1932, the '' Arizona Republic'' listed 66 federated clubs throughout the state. *

Coolidge Woman's Club The Coolidge Woman's Club, at 240 W. Pinkley Ave. in Coolidge, Arizona, was built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is a adobe Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic ma ...

, Coolidge, AZ, NRHP-listed * Mesa Woman's Club, Mesa, AZ, NRHP-listed * Tempe Woman's Club, Tempe, AZ, NRHP-listed * Willcox Women's Club, Willcox, AZ, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club, Safford, AZ, NRHP-listed

Arkansas

In 1922 the Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1897, had 250 clubs with about 8,000 members. * Woman's Community Club Band Shell, Heber Springs, Arkansas, NRHP-listed * Woman's Progressive Club, Wynne, AR, NRHP-listed *

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, a women's literary club formed on 16 January 1883 in Little Rock, founded by

Mary Eliza Knapp Mary Eliza Knapp (1 July 1825 - 22 March 1905), was an American landowner, amateur archaeologist and scientific collector. She was also one of the founders of The Aesthetic Club, a women’s club formed in Arkansas in 1883. Biography Knapp wa ...

and others

California

In 1922 the California State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1900, had 531 clubs with about 55,624 members. Clubs in the state have included: * California State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs * Ebell of Long Beach, founded 1896;

Pearl Jane Pearson Brison Pearl Jane Pearson Brison was a contralto and teacher of singing on the Board of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. She was also an organizer and leader of women's clubs. Early life Pearl Jane Pearson was born on December 1, 1881, in Florida, the ...

was involved * Wilfandel Club, founded 1945, oldest African American women's club in Los Angeles * Hollywood Women's Press Club, Los Angeles, founded 1928, no longer extant * Girls Club (San Francisco) * Los Angeles Nurses' Club *

Friday Morning Club The Friday Morning Club building is located in Downtown Los Angeles, California. It was the second home of the women's club also named the Friday Morning Club (FMC), for 61 years. The large and elaborate six−story clubhouse was designed by arch ...

, Los Angeles, founded 1891. Its second clubhouse building, built in 1923, is NRHP-listed * Woman's Building (Los Angeles), a "feminist mecca" during 1973 to 1991, a non-profit arts and education center (is this fairly categorized as a women's club?) *

Berkeley City Club The Berkeley City Club was commissioned as the club house of the Berkeley Women's City Club, organized in Berkeley, California in 1927 to contribute to social, civic, and cultural progress. This private club is no longer restricted to women, and th ...

Berkeley Women's City Club Berkeley most often refers to: * Berkeley, California, a city in the United States ** University of California, Berkeley, a public university in Berkeley, California *George Berkeley (1685–1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher Berkeley may also refer ...

, Berkeley, California, NRHP-listed *

Beverly Hills Women's Club The Beverly Hills Women's Club is an historic house and social club in Beverly Hills, California.Caroline M. RomanBeverly Hills Women's Club Holiday Tea with Tiffany & Co. ''The Huffington Post'', January 05, 2011Marc Wanamaker, ''Early Beverly Hil ...

, Beverly Hills, CA, NRHP-listed *

College Women's Club The College Women's Club was a women's club founded in 1920 based in Berkeley, California. It organized Berkeley's first cooperative day nursery and established scholarships. The building The College Women's Club building was built by Walter T. St ...

, Berkeley, CA, NRHP-listed * Francisca Club, private women's club in San Francisco *

Maywood Woman's Club The Maywood Woman's Club, also known as the American Woman's League Building, located in Corning, Tehama County, California. The 1909 clubhouse was designed in Bungalow style by St. Louis architects Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson as a "chapter ...

, 902 Marin St.

Corning, CA Corning is a city in Tehama County, California, that is located about south of Red Bluff and about north of Sacramento. The population was 8,244 at the 2020 census, up from 7,663 at the 2010 census. History Corning had its start ...

(associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed * Woman's Improvement Club Clubhouse, Corona, CA, NRHP-listed *

La Jolla Woman's Club The La Jolla Woman's Club is a historic building in La Jolla, a neighborhood of San Diego, California. Designed and built by Irving Gill with assistance from his nephew Louis John Gill in 1914-1915, it is an important example of Gill's modern arch ...

, La Jolla, CA, NRHP-listed *

La Puente Valley Woman's Club La Puente Valley Women's Club is a women's club building located in the La Puente Downtown Business District of La Puente, in eastern Los Angeles County, California. It is a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Architecture The wo ...

, La Puente, CA, NRHP-listed * Philomathean Clubhouse, Stockton, CA, NRHP-listed *

San Pedro Woman's Club The San Pedro Woman's Club (SPWC) was a civic organization created in 1905 in San Pedro, Los Angeles, San Pedro, California. The organization consisted mainly of the wives of prominent members of the community and was concerned with the improvement ...

, San Pedro, CA * Woman's Club of Lincoln, Lincoln, CA, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of Lodi, Lodi, CA, NRHP-listed * Montebello Woman's Club, Montebello, CA, NRHP-listed *

Women's Athletic Club of Alameda County The Women's Athletic Club of Alameda County, at 525 Bellevue Ave. in Oakland, California, was built in 1928–29. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. It has also been known as The Bellevue Club, as Women's Athletic ...

, Oakland, CA, NRHP-listed, whos
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Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco The Metropolitan Club is a women's club in San Francisco, California. Their clubhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco. History In 1915, a group of local women established the ...

(1914), 640 Sutter St. ::* Women's Club of San Francisco (1927), also on Sutter Street ::* Women's Athletic Club of Los Angeles (1924) ::* Women's City Club of Oakland (1927-1928), 1428 Alice Street ::*

(1929-1930), 2315 Durant Avenue *

Women's Improvement Club of Hueneme The Women's Improvement Club of Hueneme is located at 239 E. Scott St. in Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California. It is a historic club whose building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Club In 1989, the club was the oldest ...

, Port Hueneme, CA, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of Redondo Beach, Redondo Beach, CA, NRHP-listed *

, San Francisco, CA, NRHP-listed * Ebell Society, founded in 1876 in Oakland as the International Academy for the Advancement of Women. The club's purpose was the advancement of women in cultural, industrial and intellectual pursuits. *

Ebell Club of Santa Paula The Ebell Club of Santa Paula is a 1917 mansion, built as a women's club with the aim of the advancement of culture, and now serving as the home of the Santa Paula Theater Center. The Santa Paula chapter, formed in 1913, was the ninth California wo ...

, Santa Paula, CA, NRHP-listed * Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, NRHP-listed * Sausalito Woman's Club, Sausalito, CA, NRHP-listed * California Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs * San Rafael Improvement Club, founded 1902, a civic improvement organization whose clubhouse is listed on the NRHP. It may or may not have defined itself as a club for women, but photos show it was.

Colorado

In 1922 the Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1895, total membership was not reported, but 28 clubs were listed in Winslow's directory. * Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs * T.M. Callahan House, Longmont, listed on the National Register

Connecticut

In 1922 the Connecticut Federation of Women's Clubs had 80 clubs with about 7,000 members.

Delaware

In 1922 the Delaware Federation of Women's Clubs had 38 clubs with more than 3,000 members. *

Woman's Club of Newport Woman's Club of Newport, also known as Newport Town Hall, is a historic clubhouse located at Newport, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1934, and is a one-story, T-plan building in the Tudor Revival style. It has a three-bay-wide, t ...

, Newport, DE, NRHP-listed *

Delaware Children's Theatre The Delaware Children's Theatre (DCT) is a community theatre in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. The theatre company occupies the historic New Century Club building. Theatre company Originally named the Children's Repertory Theatre of Wilmin ...

Florida

:See also

List of Woman's Clubhouses in Florida on the National Register of Historic Places This is a listing of Woman's Clubhouses in the state of Florida that are on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. A number of them were considered for listing in a single study completed in 1998. Individual These clubhouses were submitte ...

In 1922 the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1895, had 180 clubs with about 10,500 members. * Babson Park Woman's Club, Babson Park, FL, NRHP-listed * Boynton Woman's Club, Boynton Beach, FL, NRHP-listed *

Woman's Club of Chipley The Woman's Club of Chipley is a historic woman's club in Chipley, Florida, located at 607 Fifth Street. It is on the same block as the historic Chipley City Hall. It was built in 1931 in the Craftsman style by Thomas Langston.Clermont Woman's Club, Clermont, FL, NRHP-listed * Coco Plum Woman's Club, Coral Gables, FL, NRHP-listed * Coral Gables Woman's Club, Coral Gables, FL, NRHP-listed * Dade City Woman's Club, Dade City, FL, NRHP-listed * Davie Woman's Club, Davie, FL, NRHP-listed *

Lemon Bay Woman's Club The Lemon Bay Woman's Club is a historic woman's club in Englewood, Florida, United States. It is located at 51 North Maple Street. On August 11, 1988, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The Lemon Bay Woman's club was ...

, Englewood, FL, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of Eustis, Eustis, FL, NRHP-listed * Everglades Women's Club, Everglades City, in 1965 took home in NRHP-listed

Everglades Laundry The Everglades Laundry is a historic site at 105 West Broadway in Everglades City, Florida. On September 22, 2001, the site was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The wayside marker describes it as the Old Laundry Building, ...

* Woman's Club of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, NRHP-listed * Hollywood Woman's Club, Hollywood, FL, NRHP-listed * Lake Butler Woman's Club, Lake Butler, FL, NRHP-listed * Lloyd Woman's Club, Lloyd, FL, NRHP-listed * Melrose Woman's Club, Melrose, FL, NRHP-listed * Miami Women's Club, Miami, FL, NRHP-listed * Women's Club of Coconut Grove, Miami, FL, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of New Smyrna, New Smyrna Beach, FL, NRHP-listed * Ormond Beach Woman's Club, Ormond Beach, FL, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of Palmetto, Palmetto, FL, NRHP-listed *

Punta Gorda Woman's Club The Punta Gorda Woman's Club is a historic List of Registered Historic Woman's Clubhouses in Florida, woman's club in Punta Gorda, Florida, United States. It is located at 118 Sullivan Street, and at one point was the area's first community libr ...

, Punta Gorda, FL, NRHP-listed *

Quincy Woman's Club The Quincy Woman's Club (also known as the Old Washington Lodge No. 2) is a historic woman's club in Quincy, Florida, United States. It is located at 300 North Calhoun Street. On March 10, 1975, it was added to the U.S. National Register of ...

, Quincy, FL, NRHP-listed * Bee Ridge Woman's Club, Sarasota, FL, NRHP-listed * St. Petersburg Woman's Club, St. Petersburg, FL, NRHP-listed *

Sarasota Woman's Club The Sarasota Woman's Club (also known as the Florida Studio Theatre) is a historic woman's club in Sarasota, Florida. It is located at 1241 North Palm Avenue. It was founded in 1913 and on January 18, 1985, it was added to the U.S. National Regist ...

, Sarasota, FL, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of Starke, Starke, FL, NRHP-listed *

Woman's Club of Tallahassee The Woman's Club of Tallahassee is a historic woman's club in Tallahassee, Florida. It is located at 1513 Cristobal Drive. On November 18, 1987, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. See also List of Registered Historic ...

, Tallahassee, FL, NRHP-listed * Terra Ceia Woman's Club, Terra Ceia, FL, NRHP-listed *

Vero Beach Woman's Club The Vero Beach Woman's Club is a historic woman's club in Vero Beach, Florida. It is located at 1534 21st Street. On February 10, 1995, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. History Irene Young, wife of Vero Beach's fir ...

, Vero Beach, FL, NRHP-listed, also known as "Terra Ceia Village Improvement Association Hall" * Woman's Club of Winter Haven, Winter Haven, FL, NRHP-listed *

Woman's Club of Winter Park The Woman's Club of Winter Park is a historic 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 pu ...

, Winter Park, FL, NRHP-listed

Georgia

In 1922 the Georgia State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1896, had 350 clubs with about 33,000 members. *

Atlanta Neighborhood Union The Atlanta Neighborhood Union was an African-American, women-led neighborhood organization in Atlanta, Georgia, started in 1908 by Lugenia Burns Hope, and chartered in 1911. The Union, "a prototype for self-help and social service organizations," ...

Atlanta Women's Club The Wimbish House is a historic building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, commissioned in 1898 and finished in 1906. It has been owned and operated by The Atlanta Woman's Club since they purchased it in 1920. The idea for the house came from ...

, Atlanta, GA, NRHP-listed * Dawson Woman's Clubhouse, Dawson, GA, NRHP-listed * Demorest Women's Club, Demorest, GA, NRHP-listed *

Lyons Woman's Club House The Lyons Woman's Club House in Lyons, Georgia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The club is important in part for its association with the social history of Lyons. The Lyons Woman's Club was organized in 1928 and ...

, Lyons, GA, NRHP-listed * Rockmart Woman's Club, Rockmart, GA, NRHP-listed * Tennille Woman's Clubhouse, Tennille, GA, NRHP-listed * Women's Political Council, Montgomery

Hawaii

* Women's Campus Club, established in 1920, grew from 1908-founded "Women's Club of the College of Hawaii" * Hilo Woman’s Club (1921) * Zonta International (1951) * Soroptimist International of Kona (1971)

Idaho

In 1922 the Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1905, had 109 clubs with about 5,000 members. *

Portia Club The Portia Club is a women's club based in Payette, Idaho. Its clubhouse building, at 225 N. 9th St. in Payette, was built in 1927 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The club was formed in 1895. It was named for ...

, in Payette, Idaho, was organized in 1895, joined Idaho Federation in 1904, built clubhouse 1927, NRHP-listed *

American Women's League Chapter House (Peck, Idaho) The American Women's League Chapter House in Peck, Idaho was built in 1909. It was designed with Prairie School architecture, Prairie School style elements by St. Louis architects Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson. It was deemed historically signif ...

, 217 N. Main St.

Peck, ID Peck is a city in Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States. The population was 197 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lewiston, ID- WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Many residents of Peck work in nearby Orofino, Idaho. Additionally, Pec ...

(associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed

Illinois

In 1922 the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1892, had 584 clubs with about 66,963 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in the state have included: *

, black female suffrage club founded in 1913, based in Chicago * Chicago and Northern District Association of Colored Women's Clubs * Chicago Woman's Club * Frederick Douglass Woman's Club, Chicago, founded in 1906, one of the first women's clubs in Chicago to promote

suffrage Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in representative democracy, public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally i ...

, and one of few interracial women's clubs in Chicago. Mostly middle-class. Pressured the

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, another local woman's club to extend their membership to African-American women. *

Three Arts Club of Chicago The Three Arts Club of Chicago was a Chicago home and club for women in the "three arts" of music, painting and drama. The building is on the List of Chicago Landmarks as of June 10, 1981. The club, modeled on the Three Arts Club of New York, was f ...

Woman's Athletic Club Woman's Athletic Club is a historic building located along the Magnificent Mile in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1898, it is the home of the first athletic club for women in the United States. It was name ...

, Chicago, founded in 1898, the first athletic club for women in the United States. *

Fortnightly of Chicago The Fortnightly of Chicago is a woman's club founded in Chicago in 1873 by Kate Newell Doggett. It is the oldest women's association in Chicago. Kate Newell Doggett served as the first president from 1873 through 1879. Early members include Jane ...

, founded 1876 *

Queen Isabella Association The Queen Isabella Association was formed to raise funds to provide a statue of Queen Isabella of Spain on the site of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The group's additional purpose was to advance the cause of women's ...

, organized in Chicago in 1889 with purpose to create a statue of Spanish queen Isabella in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, it expanded to chapters in New York, St. Louis, and Washington D.C. as well, attempting to become a national organization * The Woman's Building (Chicago) was organized also for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (not a club?) *

Alton Chapter House The Alton Chapter House is a historic building located at 509 Beacon St. in Alton, Illinois, Alton, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Alton's chapter of the American Woman's League. The American Woma ...

(built 1909), 509 Beacon St. Alton, IL (associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed *

Andover Chapter House The Andover Chapter House is a historic building located on Locust Street northwest of 5th Avenue in Andover, Illinois, Andover, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Andover's chapter of the American Wo ...

, Locust St., NW Andover, IL (associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed *

Annawan Chapter House The Annawan Chapter House is a historic building located at 206 S. Depot St. in Annawan, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Annawan's chapter of the American Woman's League. The American Woman's Lea ...

, 206 S. Depot St. Annawan, IL (associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed *

Carlinville Chapter House The Carlinville Chapter House is a historic building located at 111 S. Charles St. in Carlinville, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Carlinville's chapter of the American Woman's League. The American ...

, 111 S. Charles St.

Carlinville, IL Carlinville is a city and the county seat of Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. It is also the home of Blackburn College, a small college affiliated with the Presbyterian church, and the former home of Prairie Farms Dairy. As of the 2 ...

(associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed *

Edwardsville Chapter House The Edwardsville Chapter House is a historic building located at 515 W. High St. in Edwardsville, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Edwardsville's chapter of the American Woman's League. The America ...

, 515 W. High St. Edwardsville, IL (associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of Evanston, Evanston, IL, NRHP-listed * Marine Chapter House, Silver St. Marine, IL (associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed *

Princeton Chapter House The Princeton Chapter House is a historic building located at 1009 N. Main St. in Princeton, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Princeton's chapter of the American Woman's League. The American Woman' ...

, 1007 N. Main St.

Princeton, IL Princeton is a city in and the county seat of Bureau County, Illinois, Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,832 at the 2020 census. Princeton is part of the Ottawa, Illinois, Ottawa Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area ...

(associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed *

Zion Chapter House The Zion Chapter House is a historic building located at 2715 Emmaus Avenue in Zion, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Zion's chapter of the American Woman's League. The American Woman's League was a ...

, 2715 Emmaus Ave.

Zion, IL Zion is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 24,655. History The city was founded in July 1901 by John Alexander Dowie (1847-1907), a Scots-Australian evangelical minister and faith healer who ...

(associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed

Indiana

In 1922 the Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1890-1900, had 517 clubs with about 23,269 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. * Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Indianapolis, NRHP-listed *

The Propylaeum (John W. Schmidt House) The Propylaeum, also known as the John W. Schmidt House or as the Schmidt-Schaf House, is a historic home and carriage house located at 1410 North Delaware Street in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. The Propylaeum was named after the Greek ...

, Indianapolis, NRHP-listed * Woman's Improvement Club (Indianapolis), Indianapolis, Indiana *

Vincennes Fortnightly Club Vincennes Fortnightly Club is a historic Women's club clubhouse located at Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. It was built in 1928, and is a two-story, Colonial Revival style brick and Indiana limestone building. The tripartite front facade featur ...

, Vincennes, Indiana, NRHP-listed

Iowa

In 1922 the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1893, had 806 clubs with about 40,485 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. * Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs *

Des Moines Women's Club The Des Moines Women's Club, founded in 1885 as the Woman's club movement in the United States, women's club movement swept through the United States, today serves the Des Moines community by providing scholarships, support for the local arts comm ...

, founded in 1885, Hoyt Sherman Place NRHP listed

Kansas

In 1922 the Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1895-1904, had 397 clubs with about 10,034 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in the state have included: * Woman's Club House, 900 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, Kansas (associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed * Topeka Council of Colored Women's Clubs Building, Topeka, KS, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club Building, Topeka, KS, NRHP-listed

Kentucky

In 1922 the Kentucky State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1894, had 154 clubs with about 10,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in the state have included: *

Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs The Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs (KFWC) is a community and civic umbrella organization for women in Kentucky. It was founded in 1894 and is affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC). The KFWC helped bring about various ...

, founded 1894, affiliated with GFWC * Hodgenville Women's Club, Hodgenville, Kentucky, organized in 1919; its 1934 building is NRHP-listed * Business Women's Club, Louisville, Kentucky, NRHP-listed

Louisiana

The Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs was organized in 1899. The 1922 directory listed 25 clubs, not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in the state have included: *

Era Club of New Orleans The Era Club of New Orleans was a woman's club in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was one of the largest woman's clubs in the southern United States. The club did charitable works, advocated for reform and for women's suffrage. History The Era Club ...

, founded 1896 * Krewe of Muses, New Orleans, founded in 2000 * Tallulah Book Club Building, Tallulah, Louisiana, NRHP-listed

Maine

In 1922 the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs had 147 clubs with about 6,500 members.

Maryland

In 1922 the Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1900, had 84 clubs with about 12,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in the state have included: *

Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore The Woman’s Literary Club of Baltimore (1890–1941) grew out of the tradition of women’s clubs that flourished in late nineteenth-century America. A number of literary societies founded throughout the country during this time provided women ...

Massachusetts

In 1922 the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs had 324 clubs with about 126,128 members. *

Ladies Physiological Institute Co-founded by Eunice Hale Waite Cobb, the mother of Darius and Cyrus Cobb, noted Boston artists, the Ladies Physiological Institute, was the first women's club in America and promoted health and fitness. History In Boston, the Ladies’ Physiologi ...

, Boston, asserted to be first women's club in U.S. (needs qualification), founded in 1848 * Colored Female Religious and Moral Society, Salem, MA, organized in 1818 *

New England Women's Club The New England Women's Club (est. May 1868) of Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the two earliest women's clubs in the United States, having been founded a couple of months after Sorosis in New York City.''The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of U ...

, Boston, founded 1868, nearly tied with

Sorosis Sorosis Club rules in 1869 Sorosis was the first professional women's club in the United States. It was established in March 1868 in New York City. History The club was organized in New York City with 12 members in March 1868, by Jane Cunningham ...

in NYC as first professional(?) women's club in the U.S. * New England Woman's Press Association, Boston, founded 1885 *

Woman's Era Club The Woman's Era Club was an African-American women's civic organization founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in between 1892 and 1894 by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. The Club was the first black women's club in Boston. The organization was especially ...

, Boston, founded c.1892-94, first black women's club in Boston, attempted to desegregate GFWC in 1900. *

Saturday Evening Girls The Saturday Evening Girls club (1899-1969) was a Progressive Era reading group for young immigrant women in Boston's North End. The club hosted educational discussions and lectures as well as social events, published a newspaper called the ''S ...

club (1899-1969), Boston, operated

The Paul Revere Pottery The Paul Revere Pottery was a woman-run American art pottery founded during the Progressive Era in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It emerged as a subgroup of the Saturday Evening Girls Club (S.E.G.). The library group was started and g ...

* Woman's Club of Fall River, Fall River, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed *

Women's City Club of Boston The Women's City Club of Boston was a social and civic organization founded in 1913 and known for relief efforts following urban fires and other disasters. The Club supported charitable causes, mutual aid efforts, and public education. When the U ...

The College Club of Boston The College Club of Boston is a private membership organization founded in 1890 as the first women's college club in the United States. Located in the historic Back Bay of Boston, Massachusetts at 44 Commonwealth Avenue, the College Club was est ...

* Chilton Club, Back Bay area of Boston, founded in 1910

Michigan

In 1922 the Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1895, had 423 clubs with about 50,567 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. * Women's City Club, Detroit, Michigan, NRHP-listed * Lansing Woman's Club Building, Lansing, Michigan, NRHP-listed * Ladies' Library Association of Kalamazoo *

Detroit Women's City Club The Women's City Club is a women's club located at 2110 Park Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Park Avenue Historic District. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Sit ...

* Detroit Study Club, founded 1896, black women's literary organization also involved in social issues and community welfare

Minnesota

In 1922 the Minnesota State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1895, had 601 clubs with about 48,153 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. *

Saint Paul Women's City Club The St. Paul Women's City Club is a 1931 Art Deco Streamline Moderne-style Mankato limestone clubhouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota, that was designed by architect Magnus Jemne (1882-1964). The building was designed to provide a "center for organized ...

, St. Paul, Minnesota, NRHP-listed

Mississippi

In 1922 the Mississippi State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1898, had 147 clubs with about 5,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. * Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs, Jackson, Mississippi, NRHP-listed *

Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs The Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc (MSFCWC) is an African American woman's club located in Mississippi. The umbrella organization, affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) was founded in 1903. Th ...

Missouri

In 1922 the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1896, had 306 clubs with about 20,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs.

Montana

In 1922 the Montana Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1904, had 103 clubs with about 5,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in Montana have included: *

Deer Lodge American Women's League Chapter House The American Women's League Chapter House was built in 1910 by a local contractor, from plans with Prairie School and Bungalow/Craftsman influences designed by St. Louis architects Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson. It was listed on the National Re ...

, 802 Missouri Ave. Deer Lodge, Montana (associated with Edward Gardner Lewis's scheme), NRHP-listed * Thompson Falls Women's Club, Thompson Falls, Montana, founded 1914, NRHP-listed

Nebraska

In 1922 the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1895, had 275 clubs with about 14,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs.

Nevada

In 1922 the Nevada State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1908, had 32 clubs with about 10,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in Nevada have included: *

20th Century Club (Reno, Nevada) With this motto, "The measure of the worth of an organization to its community, is bound in its ability to embrace opportunities for service" the Twentieth Century Club (sometimes referred to as the "20th Century Club") had its beginning in 1894. ...

, club organized in 1894; building built in 1925, NRHP-listed

New Hampshire

In 1922 the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs had 126 clubs with about 11,730 members.

New Jersey

In 1922 the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs had 232 clubs with about 35,000 members. *

New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs (NJSFWC) was founded in 1894 and is currently located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. NJSFWC is the largest volunteer women's service organization in the state of New Jersey and a member of the General F ...

New Mexico

In 1922 the New Mexico Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1911, had 50 clubs with about 2,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in New Mexico have included: *

Alamogordo Woman's Club The Alamogordo Woman's Club is a women's club based in New Mexico. It operates under the auspices of the New Mexico Federation of Women's Clubs (NMFWC) (now known as GFWC New Mexico). The club was created to provide Alamogordo women a way to serve ...

, Alamogordo, NM, NRHP-listed *

Carrizozo Woman's Club The Carrizozo Woman's Club, at 908 Eleventh St., Carrizozo, New Mexico is a woman's club. Its building was constructed in 1939 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It is Pueblo Revival in style. The building is L ...

, Carrizozo, NM, NRHP-listed *

Silver City Woman's Club The Silver City Woman's Club is a historic women's club located at 411 Silver Heights Boulevard in Silver City, New Mexico. The club was founded in 1909, and it built its meeting house in 1935–36. Richard Tatsch designed the clubhouse in the ...

, Silver City, NM, NRHP-listed * Woman's Improvement Association of Las Cruces, founded in 1894

New York

In 1922 the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1894, had about 500 clubs with about 300,000 members. * Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs *

, NYC, founded 1868, first professional women's club in U.S. *

Colony Club The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar ...

, New York City, founded 1903; its former building, the Old Colony Club, is NRHP-listed * Women's National Republican Club, NYC, founded in 1921; its 1934 building is NRHP-listed *

Equal Suffrage League (Brooklyn) Equal Suffrage League was a suffrage organization founded by Sarah J. Garnet in Brooklyn, New York, in the late 1880s to advocate for voting rights for African American women. Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward was a contributor to the founding of ...

* Brooklyn Women's Club, founded in 1869 * Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, headquarters of

which purchased it in 1924 *

Hroswitha Club The Hroswitha Club was a membership-based club of women bibliophiles and collectors based in New York City, active from 1944 to 2004. Founding The Hroswitha Club was founded in 1944 by a group of women bibliophiles: Sarah Gildersleeve Fife (who c ...

(1944-1999) a club of women

bibliophiles Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books. A bibliophile or bookworm is an individual who loves and frequently reads and/or collects books. Profile The classic bibliophile is one who loves to read, admire and collect books, often ama ...

, all excluded (until 1976) from the men's Grolier Club and the Caxton Club.) It met first at the Cosmopolitan Club (New York City) (a women's club) and met four to five times a year at multiple locations. Membership was capped at 40 members by the 1950s; members included Ruth S. Granniss, who was librarian to the Grolier Club. *

Belizean Grove The Belizean Grove is an elite, invitation-only American women's social club, located in New York City. Founded in 1999 by Susan Stautberg, a former Westinghouse Broadcasting executive, and Edie Weiner, a futurist, the Belizean Grove includes appro ...

, NYC, founded 1999 * Bronxville Women's Club, Bronxville, NY, NRHP-listed * Scarsdale Woman's Club, Scarsdale, NY, NRHP-listed *

Women's Community Club of South Valley Women's Community Club of South Valley, originally South Valley Union Church, is a historic church building located at South Valley in Otsego County, New York. It was built in 1846 in the Greek Revival style and slightly altered in 1879 with the a ...

, South Valley, NY, NRHP-listed *

Women's City Club of New York Women Creating Change (formerly Women's City Club) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1915 by suffragettes in New York City. WCC is still active in the New York community. History WCC was started in 1915 and in September of that year, the ...

(WCC) * Woman's Press Club of New York City * Cosmopolitan Club (New York City) * Manor Club, Pelham Manor *

New Century Club (Utica, New York) The New Century Club is located at 253 Genesee Street in Utica, New York. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in September, 1985. It is architecturally significant for its Greek Revival architecture, once characteristic of thi ...

, NRHP-listed

North Carolina

In 1922 the North Carolina State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1902, had 196 clubs with about 10,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Clubs in North Carolina have included" *

Charlotte Woman's Club The Charlotte Woman's Club (CWC) is the oldest civic organization in Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte Woman's club was and still is very active in the community. They established the first kindergarten in the city. During both world wars, they s ...

, asserted to be the oldest civic organization in Charlotte, North Carolina. It established the first kindergarten in the city, staffed city buses and the Southern Railway station with volunteers during both World Wars. They were also involved with organizing the YWCA, PTA and Traveler's Aid in Charlotte. They also brought the first public health nurses to Charlotte and helped create the

. The CWC also supported the creation of the

Mint Museum of Art The Mint Museum, also referred to as The Mint Museums, is a cultural institution comprising two museums, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Mint Museum Randolph and Mint Museum Uptown, together these two locations have hundreds of collection ...

and the Domestic Relations Court. * Fayetteville Women's Club and Oval Ballroom, Fayetteville, NC, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of Fayetteville, Fayetteville, NC, founded in 1906 as a Civic Improvement Association to fight for preservation of historic Market House, not named a Women's Club until 1920. Established first public library in Fayetteville, continues to work for historic preservation. * Fuquay-Varina Woman's Club Clubhouse, Fuquay-Varina, NC, NRHP-listed

North Dakota

In 1922 the North Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1897, had 188 clubs with about 4,500 members, not including any African-American women's clubs.

Ohio

In 1922 the Ohio State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1894, had 603 clubs with about 85,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Ohio clubs have included: *

Dayton Women's Club The Dayton Women's Club refers to a women's club founded in 1916 and a landmark building on 225 North Ludlow Street in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Dayton Women's Club The Dayton Women's Club was founded and incorporated in 1916. The club provide ...

(1916), Dayton, OH, NRHP-listed * Mansfield Woman's Club, Mansfield, OH, NRHP-listed * Cincinnati Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, owns, since 1925, the NRHP-listed C. H. Burroughs House

Oklahoma

In 1922 the Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1898, had 225 clubs with about 10,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. * Federation of Women's Clubs for Oklahoma and Indian Territories * Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs

Oregon

In 1922 the Oregon State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1889, had 119 clubs with about 8,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Oregon clubs have included: * Dundee Woman's Club Hall, Dundee, OR, NRHP-listed *

The Town Club The Town Club is a women's club based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The Town Club Founded in 1928, the club's original membership consisted of the wives of prominent Portland businessmen. The stated purpose of the club was to "promote and ...

, Portland, OR, NRHP-listed *

Town Club (Portland, Oregon) The Town Club is a women's club based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The Town Club Founded in 1928, the club's original membership consisted of the wives of prominent Portland businessmen. The stated purpose of the club was to "promote and ...

, same or different?

Pennsylvania

In 1922 the Pennsylvania State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1895, had 233 clubs with about 57,180 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Pennsylvania clubs have included: * Woman's Club of Warren, Warren, PA, NRHP-listed * Saturday Club (Wayne, Pennsylvania) *

Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia The Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia is a private social club in Philadelphia. It was founded in June 1928 by a group of women from Philadelphia and its surroundings. In January 1930, the members had purchased the lot at 1616 Latimer Street, and ...

The Plastic Club The Plastic Club is an arts organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1897 for women only, the Plastic Club is one of the oldest art clubs in the United States. It is located on the 200 block of Camac Street, the "Little Stree ...

, Philadelphia, founded 1897 * Charlotte Cushman Club and Library, Philadelphia, established in 1907, closed in 1999.

Rhode Island

In 1922 the Rhode Island Federation of Women's Clubs had 42 clubs with about 2,220 members.

South Carolina

In 1922 the South Carolina State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1898, had 182 clubs with about 6,509 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. South Carolina clubs have included: * South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (SCRCWC) * General Federation of Women’s Clubs of South Carolina

South Dakota

In 1922 the South Dakota State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1900, had 132 clubs with about 4,181 members, not including any African-American women's clubs.

Tennessee

In 1922 the Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1899, had 120 clubs with about 8,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Tennessee clubs included: * Country Woman's Club, Clarksville, TN, NRHP-listed *

Ossoli Circle The Ossoli Circle is a women's club located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1885 as a literary society, the club is a charter member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and the first federated women's club in the South.K ...

, Knoxville, founded in 1885 as a literary society; the Ossoli Circle Clubhouse (1933) is NRHP-listed *

The Nineteenth Century Club The Nineteenth Century Club is a historic philanthropic and cultural women's club based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Nineteenth Century Club adopted the idea that the community was an extended "household" that would benefit from the "gentler spirit" ...

, Memphis *

Ladies Rest Room The Ladies Rest Room is a historic building in Lewisburg, Tennessee, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Ladies Rest Room was built by the Marshall County court in 1924 as a place for rural women to relax, rest, and e ...

, Lewisburg, NRHP-listed. Built by the Marshall County court in 1924 as a place for rural women to relax, rest, and eat during their visits to Lewisburg, the county seat. During the 1910s and 1920s, there was widespread encouragement in the United States for the establishment of ladies' lounges and rest rooms to accommodate rural women.

Texas

In 1922 the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1897, had 450 clubs with about 25,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Texas clubs have included: *

The Woman's Club of Fort Worth The Woman's Club of Fort Worth is one of the city's oldest membership organizations, formed in 1923 by the members of several existing woman's clubs. The Woman's Club complex comprises eight historic buildings on Fort Worth's Near Southside a ...

Woman's Club of San Antonio The Woman's Club of San Antonio is a philanthropic civic organization located in Bexar County, Texas, Bexar County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was founded October 1, 1898 by Mary Eleanor Brackenridge, Marin B. Fenwick and sixteen other individu ...

Texas Equal Rights Association The Texas Equal Rights Association (TERA) was the first woman's suffrage association to be formed state-wide in Texas. The organization was founded in 1893 and was an affiliate of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The TERA was meant ...

* Texas Equal Suffrage Association *

Lyceum Club (Dallas) The Lyceum Club of Dallas, established by the city’s middle-class female establishment in 1931, promoted knowledge and comprehension of literature, music, art, drama, and later politics and international relations among women.History of the Lyce ...

Texas Federation of Women's Clubs The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs (TFWC) is a non-profit women's organization in Texas which was founded in 1897. The purpose of the group is to create a central organization for women's clubs and their members in Texas relating to education ...

, created 70 percent of public libraries in Texas * Texas Association of Women's Clubs, African American women, founded in 1905 to serve African Americans who were excluded from

* Women's Club of El Paso, El Paso. Originated in 1894, achieved building in 1916, NRHP-listed *

Woman's Club of El Paso The Woman's Club of El Paso was founded in the late nineteenth century, and during that time was the only woman's organization in El Paso, Texas. The Woman's Club also allowed women in El Paso to become involved in community service and activism. T ...

is same or different? * Port Arthur Federated Women's Clubhouse, Port Arthur, TX, NRHP-listed *

Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters, now referred to as simply "The Mansion," or "The Fed," is a Georgian Revival mansion located on the southwest corner of 24th Street and San Gabriel Street in Austin, Texas, United States. The bui ...

, Austin, TX, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of Beaumont Clubhouse, Beaumont, TX, NRHP-listed *

Houston Heights Woman's Club The Houston Heights Woman's Club was organized in 1900 to support any literary and scientific undertaking; the maintenance of a library; and the promotion of painting, music and other fine arts. When founding members of the Club adopted a Constitu ...

, Houston, TX, NRHP-listed *

The Euterpean Club The Euterpean Club is the oldest women's music club in Fort Worth, Texas, and one of the oldest in the state. Established in 1896, the club was formed to provide women with the mission of "unsparing labor and devotion to the cause of Good Music." ...

, Fort Worth, founded 1896 See also:

, founded in Texas, with multiple locations elsewhere in U.S. and internationally.

Utah

In 1922 the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1893, had 72 clubs with about 3,500 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Utah clubs have included: * Ladies Literary Club Clubhouse, Salt Lake City, Utah, NRHP-listed

Vermont

In 1922 the Vermont Federation of Women's Clubs had 67 clubs with about 6,383 members.

Virginia

In 1922 the Virginia State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1907, had 80 clubs with about 1,600 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. *

Gloucester Women's Club Gloucester Women's Club, also known as Long Bridge Ordinary, is a historic women's club located at Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia, Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester County, Virginia. It was built about 1750, and is a 1 1/2-story, three bay, gable ...

, Gloucester, VA, NRHP-listed * Middlesex County Woman's Club, Urbanna, VA, a colonial era county courthouse building that has been headquarters of the club since 1948, NRHP-listed * Woman's Civic Betterment Club, Roanoke, founded 1907, aimed to improve sanitation *

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association (MVLA) is a non-profit organization that preserves and maintains the Mount Vernon estate originally owned by the family of President George Washington. The association was founded in 1853 by Ann Pamela Cunni ...

, preserves the George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia. Founded in 1853 with South Carolina and wider association of Southern ladies.

Washington

In 1922 the Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1896, had 241 clubs with about 27,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. * Kirkland Woman's Club, Kirkland, WA, NRHP-listed * Longview Women's Clubhouse, Longview, WA, NRHP-listed *

Woman's Club of Olympia The Woman's Club of Olympia was founded in Olympia, Washington, United States, in 1883. It is one of the oldest woman's club on the West Coast. Founding members included Mehitable Elder, Pamela Case Hale, Mary Hartsock, Janet Moore, Phebe Moore, M ...

, Olympia, WA, NRHP-listed *

Women's University Club of Seattle The Women's University Club of Seattle (WUC) is a social club for women located at 1105 Sixth Avenue in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1914 by Edith Backus, the club was a hub for college-educated women. It started with 276 members. The club's b ...

, Seattle, WA, NRHP-listed *

, Olympia, Washington

Washington, D.C.

In 1922 the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1894, had 30 clubs with about 8,000 members. * General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters, Washington, D.C., built 1875, has served as headquarters of the GWFC since 1922, NRHP-listed. * United States Daughters of 1812, National Headquarters, Washington, D.C., purchased in 1928 by the

United States Daughters of 1812 The National Society United States Daughters of 1812 is an association of female descendants of veterans of the War of 1812. It was established on January 8, 1892 as the United States Daughters of 1812 in New York City. The United States Dau ...

, is NRHP-listed. *

Dumbarton House Dumbarton House is a Federal style house located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was completed around 1800. Its first occupant was Joseph Nourse, the first Register of the Treasury. Dumbarton House, a federal period histor ...

, headquarters of

, was purchased iby the NSCDA in 1928, and is NRHP-listed. * Whittemore House, Washington, D.C., clubhouse of the

Woman's National Democratic Club The Woman's National Democratic Club (WNDC) is a membership organization based in Washington, DC, that offers programs, events, and activities that encourage political action and civic engagement. The WNDC was founded in 1922 with the goal of p ...

, NRHP-listed. * Women's City Club of Washington, D.C. *

Sulgrave Club The Sulgrave Club is a private women's club located at 1801 Massachusetts Avenue NW on the east side of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. The clubhouse is the former Beaux-Arts mansion on Embassy Row built for Herbert and Martha Blow Wadsworth ...

, Washington, D.C., NRHP-listed.

West Virginia

In 1922 the West Virginia State Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1904, had 78 clubs with about 5,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. West Virginia clubs have included: * Parkersburg Women's Club, Parkersburg, NRHP-listed * Woman's Club of Fairmont, Fairmont, clubhouse in historic Thomas and Annie Fleming mansion, NRHP-listed

Wisconsin

In 1922 the Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1896, had 312 clubs with about 20,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. Wisconsin clubs have included: * Woman's Club of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, NRHP-listed * Wauwatosa Woman's Club, Wauwatosa, WI, NRHP-listed

Wyoming

In 1922 the Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1904, had 62 clubs with about 2,000 members, not including any African-American women's clubs. * Casper Women's Club House, Casper, NRHP-listed

U.S. Territories

Guam

* Guam Women’s Club (founded 1952), asserted to be the first women’s organization on Guam. * International Women's Club of Guam (founded 1973)

Puerto Rico

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National Conference of Puerto Rican Women National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

(founded in 1972 in Washington, D.C.)https://www.nacoprw.org/about.html

References

External links

Official Register and Directory of Women's Clubs in America
1922 (Vol XXIV, the 24th annual edition), published by

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