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Private clubs were exempted under federal law [4] but not in many states' laws. For example, in interpreting a Minnesota law in their 1984 ruling Roberts v. United States Jaycees , the United States Supreme Court declared the previously all-male United States Junior Chamber , a chamber of commerce organization for men between the ages of 18 and ...
In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities may, in certain described cases, force large private clubs to admit minorities and women. It said that "clubs which serve meals and rent facilities to outsiders are more like business establishments than intimate social groups and therefore have no right to escape anti-discrimination laws." [5]
At the pinnacle of L.A.’s private club system is the California Club, founded in 1887, and the Jonathan Club, founded in 1895. According to a Times society story, a bunch of friends so enjoyed ...
Throughout the country, though, many clubs have reciprocal relationships with the older clubs in London, with each other, and with other gentlemen's clubs around the world. A few American gentlemen's clubs maintain separate "city" and "country" clubhouses, essentially functioning as both a traditional gentlemen's club in one location and a ...
The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar gentlemen's clubs. Today, men are admitted as guests. [2]
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Several private members' clubs for women were established in the late 19th century; among them the Alexandra Club, [2] the Ladies' Institute, the Ladies' Athenaeum and the University Women's Club. Many of the traditional gentlemen's clubs now allow women as members, though a few, including - until May 2024 - the Garrick Club in London's Covent ...
Santa Monica Track Club; Savoy Club; Schuylkill Fishing Company; Science Fiction Research Association; Seawane Country Club; Sigma Pi Phi; Société Anonyme (art) Soho House (club) Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club; Somerset Club; Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers; Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen; Southern ...