Woman's Literary Club Records 1889-2011

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Woman's Literary Club Records 1889-2011

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Records include yearbooks, meeting minutes, correspondence, financial and membership records, and scrapbooks containing clippings and photographs pertaining to the club's activities. Founded in 1889, the Woman's Literary Club was the first women's club in Dayton. The club's purpose is the study of literature, but it has also engaged in charitable activities. It has also evolved over the years to include creative writing as well as literary study.

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Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives

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Woman's Literary Club (Dayton, Ohio)

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The Woman's Literary Club (WLC) was the first women's club in Dayton. Founded in 1889, it was one of the few women's clubs in the country at the time. Among the founding members were Miss Lilly King, Mrs. O.B. Brown, Mrs. Charles Snyder, Mrs. B.F. McCann, Mrs. Edith L. Boyer, and Mrs. John Campbell. Its goal was the study of literature, as well as history, art, and music. James A. Robert, principal and teacher at Cooper Seminary as well as the original author of Robert's Rules of Or...