PLF Club records, 1900-1968 1949-1968.

Whatcom Museum of History and Art.

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PLF Club

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The PLF Club was organized in 1900 as a community organization for educated Bellingham women. The club was then federated in Washington State in October, 1900 and throughout its 67 year history was an active member of the Washington Federation of Women's Clubs (WFWC). Founding members included Ella Higginson, Washington State poet laureate, and Mrs. Frances Axtell, the first president. Originally, the club's main focus was to "establish and maintain a social club, provid...

Higginson, Ella, 1862-1940

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Author and advocate for women's issues, Higginson was born in Kansas to Charles and Mary Rhodes in 1861. The family moved to Oregon in Higginson's youth, where she married Russell Higginson in 1885. In 1888, the couple moved to Bellingham, Washington, where Higginson's writing career flourished. She was nationally published in journals such as McClure's, Harper's Monthly, and Colliers. Her best known poem, "Four Leaf Clover," propelled her into a weekly column for the Seattle Times entitled: "Cl...

Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs

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Alliance of women's clubs of Washington State founded in 1896. Since 1995 it has been known as the General Federation of Women's Clubs -- Washington State. The organization was established at a statewide convention of women's clubs called by the members of the Aloha and Nesika clubs of Tacoma. It is a member of The General Federation of Women's Clubs, International, the world's largest and oldest nonpartisan, nondenominational volunteer service organization for women, founded in 1890. ...