Women's Clubhouse

womens club

The Women's Clubhouse of Lynn was home to several clubs and small businesses. One example, the Atalanta Club, met here for many years having among its members,  internationally known Helen Keller. In the background is the Unitarian Universalist Church which would later be destroyed by fire.

 

Women's Clubhouse

women club2

 The General Federation of Women's Clubs, one of the world's largest and oldest nonpartisan, nondenominational, women's volunteer service organizations, was founded in 1890 and chartered by the 56th United States Congress in 1901. The Lynn branch met in this building at the corner of Broad Street and Nahant Street.

 

womens club4

The Women's Club of Lynn was incorporated in October 1911.  The Club met in the Lynn Women's Club House fortnightly, Tuesdays at 3 P.M., from the first Tuesday in November to the second Tuesday in May inclusive.  The annual meeting was the second Tuesday in May with a membership limit of 200.  The club color was pink and the flower, the pink carnation.

 

Girls Club

Photos of Girl's Inc. in 2009 and its new location at the corner of High St. and Liberty St. in the former Industrial Shoe High School. 

Girls Inc