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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
Stockholms allmänna kvinnoklubb (Stockholm Public Women's Club), founded 1892; Swedish Women's Educational Association, promoting Swedish language and culture internationally; Swedish Women's Lobby, established 1997; Välgörande fruntimmerssällskapet, active from 1819 to 1934
The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890 during the Progressive Movement, is a federation of approximately 2,300 women's clubs in the United States which promote civic improvements through volunteer service. Community Service Projects (CSP) are organized by local clubs for the benefit of their communities or GFWC's ...
The club movement became part of Progressive era social reform, which was reflected by many of the reforms and issues addressed by club members. [4] According to Maureen A. Flanagan, [5] many women's clubs focused on the welfare of their community because of their shared experiences in tending to the well-being of home-life.
This is a partial list of women's association football club teams from all over the world sorted by the confederation, association and league they reside in. Some clubs do not play in the league of the country in which they are located, but in a neighboring country's league. Where this is the case the club is noted as such.
Pages in category "Women's clubs in the United States" The following 169 pages are in this category, out of 169 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Beardstown Ladies is a group of 16 women in their 70s who formed an investment club, formally known as the Beardstown Business and Professional Women's Investment Club, in Beardstown, Illinois, in 1983 in a church basement.
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs Emblem. The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) is an American organization that was formed in July 1896 at the First Annual Convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women in Washington, D.C., United States, by a merger of the National Federation of Afro-American Women, the Woman's Era Club of Boston, and the Colored ...