It Came from the Archives: Wiregrass women’s clubs

Dr. Marty Olliff celebrates Women's History Month with a look at the history of women's groups in the Wiregrass.

Dr. Marty Olliff celebrates Women's History Month with a look at the history of women's groups in the Wiregrass.

The women’s club movement in the U.S. began in the 1890s and was closely associated with the New Woman of the Progressive Era though the movement lasted well into the post-World War II era. It continues today.

Local women – from the elite in the white community and fewer but more broadly based among African-Americans…

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