Altrusa Club of Cleveland.

The Altrusa Club of Cleveland (f. 1921) was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, four years after the establishment of the national organization in Nashville, Tennessee. the oldest classified service club for executive business and professional women in the United States, the name was derived from the word "altruism" to encourage a collective devotion to the interests of others. The Cleveland club adopted such projects as supplying a poor family with milk for one year and providing doll clothes for children's toys. By mid-century, members of the Cleveland club had become involved in the international organization's grants-in-aid project for foreign women graduate students and the Founders Fund Vocational Aid awards to enable women of all ages to become self-supporting. the club continued to maintain a variety of local projects, including regular visits to rest homes, and volunteer tutoring for the local literacy project through the 1980s.

From the guide to the Altrusa Club of Cleveland Records, 1921-1986, (Western Reserve Historical Society)

Cleveland, Ohio chapter of the oldest classified service club for executive business and professional women in the U.S. Since its organization in 1921, the Cleveland branch has supported a wide range of charitable and service projects.

From the description of Records 1930-1986. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18131071