The Woman's Club of Wisconsin was founded in 1876 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A building for it designed by George Bowman Ferry constructed in 1887.[1] It is at 813 East Kilbourn Avenue. The building is the oldest women's clubhouse in the United States.[2]
Members included Mrs. James S. Peck née Nellie M. Hayes, wife of the governor?????.[3]
See also
editFurther reading
edit- A Club of Their Own, 125 Years of the Woman's Club of Wisconsin by Liza Tuttle (2000)[4]
References
edit- ^ "Urban Spelunking: The Woman's Club of Wisconsin's Athenaeum". 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Woman's Club of Wisconsin". August 2018.
- ^ "Women's Clubs".
- ^ Tuttle, Liza (2000). A Club of Their Own: 125 Years of the Woman's Club of Wisconsin. Woman's Club of Wisconsin. ISBN 978-0-9705597-0-8.
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