In the late 1800’s women clubs began as a way in which middle class, white women could gain the higher education from which they were excluded. Although founded on the basis of educating white, middle class women, the clubs quickly blossomed into much more for diverse groups of women all across the United States. Women's clubs were the vehicle in which women, prior to gaining suffrage and after, were able to voice their opinions and make an impact on their community. This website focuses on a few case studies of women's clubs from around the nation, as well as, the immediate and lasting impacts they had on their communities.
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Women’s clubs were much more than housewives gathering together to gossip and drink tea. Women’s clubs were places in which women were able to be able to express their opinions with other women without the worry of men hovering over them (3). The women’s club movement began in the late 1800’s, and by 1890s women clubs from around the United States began a federation of women's clubs (4). Women, having been excluded from higher education among other institutions by men ...
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