- Entry type: Organisation
- Entry ID: AWE0994
The Women’s Club
(From 1901 – )- Occupation Membership organisation
Summary
The Women’s Club was founded in 1901 by Dr Mary Booth to provide a place where women interested in public, professional, scientific and artistic work ‘might spend their leisure moments and associate together.’ The first committee also included Lady David and Rose Scott. It began with 100 members – rising to 807 by 1929. Within the Club there was a debating group and a Thursday Group, while the Sydney University Women Graduates Association and the Professional Women Workers Association were also associated with it. The annual reports of these last two associations are included with those of the Women’s Club.
Details
The preliminary meeting of the Club, called by Mary Booth, was held at the Women’s College of the University of Sydney and attended by more than 100 women. The first president was Lady Beaumont, wife of the Admiral of the British fleet stationed in Sydney.
Published resources
- Report
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Book
- Memorandum and articles of association of the Women's Club, as amended up to 31st January, 1963 and by-laws of the Women's Club in force as at 31st January, 1963., Women's Club, [1963?]
- Memorandum, 1920|| 1923
- Rules, Women's Club, 1905|| 1917
- The Story of The Women's Club: The first fifty years, Hooper, Florence Earle, [1964]
- Calendar
- Journal Article
- Edited Book
- Resource
Archival resources
- State Library of New South Wales
- Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
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