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The club's first major project was to establish a hospital in Evanston. A series of epidemics including typhoid fever and smallpox in the 1880s and 1890s prompted the raising of $3,600 towards the creation of the Evanston Hospital. Since its founding, the Woman's Club of Evanston has promoted the advancement of public health.
The woman's club movement became part of Progressive era social reform, which was reflected by many of the reforms and issues addressed by club members. [3] According to Maureen A. Flanagan, [4] many women's clubs focused on the welfare of their community because of their shared experiences in tending to the well-being of home-life.
Woman's Club of Evanston. November 9, 2006 : 1702 Chicago Ave. References. This page was last edited on 19 March 2024 ...
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The club's purpose was the advancement of women in cultural, industrial and intellectual pursuits. Francisca Club, private women's club in San Francisco; Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, founded 1891. Its second clubhouse building, built in 1923, is NRHP-listed; Hollywood Women's Press Club, Los Angeles, founded 1928, no longer extant
Evanston, Illinois: ... His father, Dr. Henry Keeney Webster (1800–1857), died when he was eight years old. ... a social club whose object was “the investigation ...
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Evanston (/ ˈ ɛ v ən s t ən / EV-ən-stən) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan.A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is 12 miles (19 km) north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wilmette to the north, and Lake Michigan to the east.