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Women -- Societies and clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 289 Collections and/or Records:

15th Biennial Convention, National League of Girls Clubs, 1928

 Item
Identifier: A1996-008-027
Scope and Contents

Panorama photograph. Women in formal attire standing on the front steps of a building of Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. One man standing near the middle of the group.

Dates: 1928

25th Anniversary card for Crescent Rebekah Lodge, No. 44, 1916

 Item — Box 2: Series A2001-073-002, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1993-070-001

38th Annual Convention, Pythian Sisters of Massachusetts, 1928

 Item
Identifier: A2002-001-006
Scope and Contents

Panorama photograph of members of the Pythian Sisterhood, who were women relatives of Knights of Pythias. This organization had its own ritual and officers parallel with the Knights of Pythias. Photo taken at the Lowell High School

Dates: 1928

52nd Annual Session, Grand Lodge, 1910 April 22

 Item
Identifier: A1996-008-021
Scope and Contents

View of men and women in formal dress, wearing fraternal and sororal sashes and ribbons. Annual session located in Boston, Massachusetts. Dated April 22, 1910. A.O. U. W. was founded in 1868, one of the oldest fraternal Orders in United States. They provided insurance benefits to their membership. Only white males could join this fraternity. Much Masonic influence in ritual and symbols. (Stevens, Cyclopedia of Fraternities, p.128-130)

Dates: 1910 April 22

60th Session of the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows postcard, 1914 October

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1996-058-004
Scope and Contents

This real photo postcards shows a large line of women four abreast marching down a street. The women are wearing white dresses and sashes, holding a white pole behind their heads with each hands grasping either side. The written caption at the bottom of the post card is "60th Session - Grand Encampment, IOOF Oct 1914".

Dates: 1914 October

American Legion Uniforms regalia catalog, circa 1920

 Item
Identifier: A2010-029-002
Scope and Contents

Regalia catalog for American Legion contains images, descriptions and prices for coats, trousers, capes, women's uniforms (for Auxiliary Units), caps, batons, banners, belts, buttons, emblems, wardrobe trunk, and more. Descriptions note that Evans uniforms are not the cheapest, but the best made uniforms on the market

Dates: circa 1920

Ancient Order of Foresters postcard, undated

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-094-006
Scope and Contents

Postcard includes the seal for the Ancient Order of Foresters and an appeal for membership on the front. The reverse includes an appeal for donations for Christmas.

Dates: undated

Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa collection, 1928-1929

 Collection — Box 2: Series A2001-073-002, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2000-020
Dates: 1928-1929

Annual Convention of Independent Order of Daughters of St. George, 1919 October 1

 Item
Identifier: A2001-099-005
Scope and Contents

Women sitting and standing in formal attire wearing badges of the secret sisterhood of the Independent Order of St. George, at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 1, 1919

Dates: 1919 October 1