New England Women's Club

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One of the oldest women's clubs in the U.S., the New England Women's Club was founded in 1868 to provide a meeting place for women outside their homes where they could obtain knowledge and inspiration for work inside and outside the home and for uniting their efforts in various social causes. The club held weekly meetings from November to May with speakers on subjects in literature, history, music, art, or on topics of current interest, such as suffrage or homes for the poor. Speakers included both club members (Ednah Dow Cheney, Julia Ward Howe, Mary Peabody Mann, Elizabeth P. Peabody, et al.) as well as prominent contemporaries such as William Henry Channing, James Freeman Clarke, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Early projects included a Friendly Evening Association for working women, a Horticultural School for Women, and Dress Reform and Education Committees; work of the latter led to the election of four women to the Boston School Committee in 1874. Later the club's activities were mainly social and cultural.

From the description of Records, 1843-1970 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006763

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referencedIn Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale, 1824-1904. Papers of Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney [manuscript], 1894, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Caroline Maria Seymour Severance Papers MS 145., 1861-1920 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Severance, Caroline M. Seymour (Caroline Maria Seymour), 1820-1914. Papers, 1861-1920. Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf New England Women's Club. Records, 1843-1970 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Papers, 1857-1961 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1857-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale, 1824-1904. Letter to Mrs. Waters [manuscript], 1890 February 22. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Young, James, b. 1878,. Autograph letter signed from James Young to Julia Ward Howe [manuscript], ca. 1904. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Chapman, Josephine Wright. Building permit application, 1899. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. person
associatedWith Anagnos, Julia Romana Howe, 1844-1886. person
associatedWith Channing, W. H. 1810-1884. person
associatedWith Chapman, Josephine Wright. person
associatedWith Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale, 1824-1904. person
associatedWith Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888. person
associatedWith Crocker, Lucretia, 1829-1886. person
associatedWith Diaz, Abby Morton, 1821-1904. person
associatedWith Dunning, Mary Parker. person
associatedWith Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. person
associatedWith Field, Kate, 1838-1896. person
associatedWith Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. person
associatedWith Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. person
associatedWith Garrison, William Lloyd, 1838-1909. person
associatedWith General Federation of Women's Clubs. corporateBody
associatedWith Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. person
associatedWith Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. person
associatedWith Hunt, Harriot Kezia, 1805-1875. person
associatedWith James, Henry, 1843-1916. person
associatedWith James, William, 1842-1910. person
associatedWith JULIA (WARD) HOWE, 1819-1910 person
associatedWith Ladd, Mary Holman. person
associatedWith Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs. corporateBody
associatedWith May, Abby W. 1829-1888. person
associatedWith Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889. person
associatedWith Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. person
associatedWith Parsons, Anna Quincy Thaxter. person
associatedWith Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894. person
associatedWith Peabody, Lucia M., 1828-1919. person
associatedWith Perry, Olive A. person
associatedWith Read, Anne Lauriat, 1856-1939. person
associatedWith Ripley, George, 1802-1880. person
associatedWith Severance, Caroline Maria Seymour, 1820- person
associatedWith Severance, Caroline M. Seymour 1820-1914. person
associatedWith Sprague, Julia A. person
associatedWith Stantial, Edna Lamprey. person
associatedWith Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893. person
associatedWith Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. person
associatedWith Ward, May Alden, 1853-1918. person
associatedWith Wells, Kate Gannett, 1838-1911. person
associatedWith Whittier, Helen Augusta, 1846-1925. person
associatedWith Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. person
associatedWith World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.) corporateBody
associatedWith Young, James, b. 1878, person
associatedWith Zakrzewska, Marie E. 1829-1902. person
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United States
Massachusetts--Boston
Massachusetts
Boston (Mass.)
Subject
African Americans
Clothing and dress
Clubs
Cycling for women
Horticulture
Women
Women
Women
Women
Women
Women volunteers in social service
Working women's clubs
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Active 1843

Active 1970

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