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Women's City Club of Washington, D.C.

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prior to 1919 had strict qualifications for membership, but the Women's City Club of Washington, D.C. stated that it strove to be more inclusive. O'Toole, the founding president, said that the group hoped to attract not only women in the academic and professional sphere, but housewives as well. The
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called for a "better understanding among women, and a place for women to meet and socialise". Along the Club’s other objectives were cultural and civic advancement in the
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Club activities ranged from Spanish and French language classes, to lecture series concerning the arts and sciences. The Club also participated in the Annual
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of the Municipal Court of Washington, D.C., who was the first woman municipal judge in the United States. The club became a member of the
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were given special awards by the Club for their pursuit of knowledge, dedication to country and humanitarian endeavours.
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campaign and organised a food and clothing drive for war torn countries in Europe following the
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hosted the American Women Composers First Festival of Music at the Club's meeting house.
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District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution (DCDAR) Memory Book Volume IV
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in 1920, and was the first local women's club with its own meeting house, based at
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The honorary first member, and first chairwoman of the Club, was Dr
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Chicago and Northern District Association of Colored Women's Clubs
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was established in 1919. The founding president was Judge
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became honorary members of the organisation, including
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California State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
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Index

Mary O'Toole
Federation of Women's Clubs
736 Jackson Place
women's clubs
charter
District
women's suffrage
home rule
abolition of capital punishment
Red Cross
Second World War
National League of American Pen Women
Ellen Spencer Mussey
Washington College of Law
National Association of Women Lawyers
Ollie Josephine Prescott Baird Bennett
first ladies
Lou Henry Hoover
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bess Truman
Helen Keller
Marie Curie
Charles Lindbergh
Woman's club movement
List of women's club buildings




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