Historical Organizations in Washington Women's History
Women who settled in the Pacific Northwest were quick to establish voluntary associations for self-improvement, charitable work, and civic reform, especially from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1930s. The Women's History Consortium has compiled a list of historic clubs and organizations that were important to women in Washington Territory and Washington State. For more information about women's clubs in Washington, visit the WHC Women's Clubs and Organizations theme page.
Google Books has digitized period books describing women's clubs. Resources for Washington clubs include:
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- Aberdeen Suffrage Club
- Adelphian Society of Yakima
- Advancement Club of Zillah
- Alki Junior Woman's Club
- Alki Suffrage Club
- Aloha Club of Tacoma
- Alpha Study Club of Spokane
- Altrusa Club
- American Association of University Women
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- American Federation of Teachers
- American Woman Suffrage Association
- Amethyst Club of Spokane
- Anti-Saloon League
- Apple Capital National Secretaries Association
- Arequipa Club of Tacoma
- Art Club of Walla Walla
- Ashanti Club of Spokane
- Athenaeum Club of Wapato
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- Camp Fire Girls
- Chewelah Woman's Club
- Classic Culture Club of Seattle
- Colored Women's Christian Temperance Union of Seattle
- Columbia District Federation of Women's Clubs
- Columbia Maternal Association
- Columbia Woman's Club
- Columbian Woman's Book Club
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- Commission on the Status of Women in Washington
- Congress of Mothers
- Cosmopolitan Club of Seattle
- Cosmopolitan Club of Snohomish
- Coterie Club of Seattle
- Coterie Club of Yakima
- Cultus Club of Spokane
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- Eastern Star of Centralia
- Edmonds Equal Suffrage Club
- Edmonds Political Equality Club
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- Eenati Club of Olympia
- Emeritus Club of Yakima
- Everett Book Club
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- Everett Ladies' Musical Club
- Everett Suffrage Club
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- Gallina Club of Ellensburg
- General Federation of Women's Clubs
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- Girl Scouts
- Grandmothers Club of Spokane
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- Industrial Workers of the World
- Ingleside Club of Pullman
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- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
- International Order of Good Templars
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- Kalama Woman's Club
- Kent Junior Women's Club
- King County District Federation of Women's Clubs
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- King County Political Equality Club of Seattle
- King County Suffrage Club
- Knights of Labor
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M
- Manito Study Club of Spokane
- Minute Women
- Monday Civic Club of Tacoma
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- Monday Club, The
- Mother's Congress
- Mukilteo Suffrage Club
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O
- Olympia Business Women's Suffrage Club
- Olympia Woman's Club
- Omak Country Club
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R
- Rainer Beach Club
- Rainier-Pacific District Federation of Women's Clubs
- Reading Club of Port Angeles
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- Red Cross
- Round Robin Club of Longview
- Royal Neighbors of America
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- Tacoma Art League
- Tacoma Council of Women's Clubs
- Tacoma Ladies Musical Club
Teacup Club of Puyallup- Thurston County Suffrage Association
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- Tillicum Club of Cheney
- Tuesday Club of Raymond
- Twentieth Century Club
- Twentieth Century Club of Tacoma
- Twentieth Century Club of Yakima
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- Venture Club
- Votes For Women
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- Yakima Valley District Federation of Women's Clubs
- Yakima Woman's Century Club
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- Yakima Woman's Club
- Young Women's Christian Association
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