women's clubs
Female membership societies
Women's clubs are organizations formed by women for social, educational, civic, or philanthropic purposes.
The term typically refers to voluntary associations that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when women organized locally to pursue causes from literacy to suffrage to municipal reform.
Many such clubs federated into national bodies.
Today the term sounds dated, as most civic organizations are no longer sex-segregated: Her grandmother was active in women's clubs throughout the county.
- book discussionConversation about literature
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
- junior leagueYouth sports organization
- social gatheringsEvents for communal interaction
- garden partyOutdoor reception on grounds
ladies who lunch · volunteer corps · suffrage · belonging · community service · bylaws · annual meeting · camaraderie · philanthropy · charity gala · connection · membership · empowerment · craft · alumni association · fundraiser · civic engagement · friendship
- Women's Organizationssororities
- clubshobby groups, secret societies
- women's groupssorority, sisterhood, nuns, YWCA, suffragettes
- women's rightssuffrage movement, gender equality, feminism, suffragettes, right to vote
- private clubsclubhouse, clubhouses, membership fees, annual dues, initiation fees
- Women's GolfLPGA
women's clubsmen's clubs
Male-only membership organizations
gentlemen's clubs · fraternities · boys' clubs · fraternal organizations