Progressivism: Women's Clubs

The Albany Decatur Daily: October 23, 1921
News of Clubs and Woman Realm's
- Seventh Annual Convention Alabama Federal of Women's Clubs
- Held clubs all around Alabama to discuss the clubs
- Talked about such committees as; Literary, Progressive Culture, Saturday Club, Music Study, Athens Study, Huntsville Study, Huntsville Culture, Huntsville Women's,
- All meetings were held in Woman's Club Rooms
- Luncheon in private dining room of Twickenham Hotel
- The president of Alabama Federation of Women's Club is Mrs J. Brevard Jones

- Saturday Club
- Held in a home, subject title was "The Needs of Albany Decatur"
- They read several articles
- There was a piano solo
- They had club guests
- "Delightful punch salad was served"

General Federation of Women's Clubs
- Still Alive today
- Has an annual convention on June 23-26 in Palm Springs, CA
- Has receptions
- Mission Statement: "The General Federation of Women’s Clubs is an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service. Collectively, we are Living the Volunteer Spirit"

Original General Federation of Women's Clubs Members/ Staff

Taking Away:

I think that it is important to see how stuff that is important to us today, was like almost 100 years ago. I think Women Clubs are something awesome that our country has had for 126 years in our history. The clubs allowed a place for women to discuss what was important and what was going on, in their opinions. Over time these clubs have been classified as a social experience, a country changing experience, and to this day the most important, a volunteer experience. It is cool to see how big the clubs were during the progressive era and how the progressive era led to more and more clubs. It was something new, and exciting, that every popular women wanted to be involved in. From the Anniston newspapers I looked at, there was something about the Women's Clubs in almost all of the newspapers. Everyone wanted to know what was happening in the clubs, and everyone in the clubs wanted everyone to know what they were discussing and what they were doing. Women's clubs are linked to progressivism because before this era, they were not possible. Women were expected to take care of the house and that was it. However, when this time period came around, women were allowed to be social, they were allowed to be in the social scene. Women Clubs were pretty much the first aspect and social scene for women in our United States History.