The Woman's Club Movement in America

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activity gptkb:community_service
organizing lectures
political advocacy
establishing kindergartens
supporting women's suffrage
charitable fundraising
supporting public health campaigns
supporting arts and culture
campaigning for clean water
supporting anti-child labor laws
supporting anti-lynching campaigns
supporting conservation efforts
supporting education reform
supporting playgrounds
supporting public libraries
supporting temperance
gptkbp:beganIn mid-19th century
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:public_policy
conservation
public health
public libraries
women's suffrage
child labor reform
temperance movement
gptkbp:focusesOn women's clubs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Woman's Club Movement in America
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:membership primarily middle-class women
African American women (in separate clubs)
primarily white women (early years)
gptkbp:notableEvent First National Convention of Women's Clubs (1890)
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Jane_Addams
gptkb:Julia_Ward_Howe
gptkb:Mary_Church_Terrell
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:National_Association_of_Colored_Women's_Clubs
gptkb:General_Federation_of_Women's_Clubs
gptkbp:notablePublication The Clubwoman (magazine)
The Woman's Club Movement in America (book by Mary I. Wood)
gptkbp:peakPeriod late 19th century to early 20th century
gptkbp:purpose philanthropy
promote education
civic improvement
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:social_reform
gptkb:Progressive_Era
women's rights
settlement house movement
African American women's clubs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alice_Davis_Dodd
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7