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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 .
In 1909, the Cosmos Club formed as a club for governesses, leasing space in the Gibson Building on East 33rd Street. [2] The following year, the club became the Women's Cosmopolitan Club, "organized," according to The New York Times, "for the benefit of New York women interested in the arts, sciences, education, literature, and philanthropy or in sympathy with those interested."
A table d'hôte menu from the dinner for Walter Damrosch at the Lotos Club, 1893. The Lotos Club is a private social club in New York City. Founded primarily by a young group of writers and critics in 1870 as a gentlemen's club, it has since begun accepting women as members. Mark Twain, an early member, called it the "Ace of Clubs". [1]
Millennials and Gen Z are taking a page from Baby Boomers and starting up book clubs to socialize and connect.
She started the store with the help of an anonymous investment of $50,000, [12] and at the start, only women could be members of the collective. [4]: 21 At the end of 2002, Bluestockings' revenue was negatively affected by the desertion of New York City's downtown following the September 11 attacks. [3]
A collection of social clubs and societies in New York City. ... Women Creating Change This page was last edited on 9 August 2017, at 13:12 (UTC). Text ...
The Century Association is a private social, arts, and dining club in New York City, founded in 1847. Its clubhouse is located at 7 West 43rd Street near Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan . It is primarily a club for men and women with distinction in literature or the arts.
Hotel Astor, the club's home. The New York City Federation of Women's Clubs was organized February 16, 1903, with 25 charter clubs. The object of the organization is to promote good fellowship, strengthen the bonds of club life, and to acquire the power for united action in the advancement of civic improvements, educational interests and philanthropic work.