The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-10-16
Oklahoma women.s clubs

Oklahoma Women's Clubs
There has been a time when the name
"Women's club" was sufficient TO draw
the FIRE of those who carry small arms
and ,ake short range but.nov the most
irroverent critic is comacued TO admit
that woman's clubs have bccom "a ma
tional factor for the bettermeut of con-
ditions social ana industrial. Self cul-
/ ture seems to have been the p.cdomi-
mating theme OF the first organizations of
this kind but Oklahoma cluhwomen. in
common with those Of her sister states
OF our own America. have hroadencd the
scope OF their work and purpose until
| they cover all the salieIt points that
come within womau's province. Self
/ culture means advancement and add
( vancement is progress. Progress means
/ that woman has ceased 90 consider the
mere question OF self alone and now
deals with the great humanitarian prob
! lems Of the day oklahoma Is new Her
clubs are necessarily young. but % brief
| resume OF their work since the Fedora
| tion viii show that SHE has band of
rcsolutc faithful workers iu her wo-
mans clubs
In the spring of lS9S ule Phlomathea
club. of Oklahoma city. made the hst
can for a territorial federation of wo-
mans clubs Eleven clubs responded
and became charter members of the OK
lahomn and Indian Territory Federation
of Woman's clubs twenty-five dele
gates were sent TO this nsst convention.
representing the clubs Of Guthrie. okla
homa city, Norman saltwater Purcell
Perry Kmgfsher Il Reno and Wyune-
wood The first session was held m
the Presbyterian church m oklahoma
! city. May o. 1898. Prominent members
of the feserdtIons OF other states were
present among them Mrs Laura scam
mon president Of the Missouri Fedora
ton Mrs Scammon aided Bon the ore
sanitation and urged upcD the Fedora
I tion the Importance of losing no time
I'm oTuntmg with the National organi-
zation.
The following officers wero elected for
/ tbc first term Mrs SeIwyu Douglas.
/ phnouujhea. oklahoma City president
Mrs ID r. Boyd of the Cotcrc Nor
man. first vice. presidents Mls r. e..
! Alternately of the Nlauou Magazine
club. WNunewood second vice president;
/ Mrs r. * Townsend of the Athenaeum.
El Reno, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Leon Farr. Current Events Itnghshor.
recording secretary M j. S. Childs.
Merric Wives. Purcell trcasusor ANA
Mrs Flora MIgginncss Browning club
/ saltwater auditor.
by invitation of The Coterie, the first
annual meeting was held in Norman.
May II. 1899. twelve new clubs having
federated during the year Mrs. S. r.
/ Peters aud Mrs Roland =. Murdock oi
the Kansas Federation. were guests and
aided much by theh helpful words and
cheering example Kingtsher was ohcsen
as the next meeting place In May of
1900. Mrs Douglas being elected pres
ident The third annual meeting in May
1901. was at Purcell and the movement
for the establishment Of travelling u
brarles was especially under considera-
tion. resulting iu pledges being received
| for twenty cases Of books Mr. Edwards,
Of Norman, being appointed custodian.
The Federation met az shawnee In
| their fourth annual convention in Octo-
ber 1902, by invitation OF Current Lit
orature and Hawthorne clubs. This
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presence Of the beloved president, Mrs'
Douglas. being missed death having
claimed her few months previous. Mrs.
Douglas has been eulogi~e by each ana
every club In Oklahoma and indian Ter
Titoly She had eHei given her best ei-
forts health and even life 10 the better
ment OF humanity and h'r death was q
serious blow 10 the young F'aef'tion'
one afternoon was set a''.' Tor me'no-
rial services Tor Mrs Douglas ana MrS
Ewing the corresponding sec. ttaIy' "hl
had passed into the world beyond in ',l
tembcr These two n0o'' women VIII
ever be remembered IN 'h' 'hn'is "'
Oklahoma riubwomen.
Mrs j. e. Roberts Wac elected pi'e'-
dent 1t His meeting bhr hiih '"nu"
meeting w1s held at Afomorr NoN'mh''
3 TO o. 1903 at which time the Fedrea
tion was honored with tor presence of
Mrs Mimie5 q. $ ponuisou president
of the General Federation Her pres.
Interest ip .he vo,k ana "a deeaatior
I of twenty-five members Iu attend