Women’s Clubs – Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum

The Women’s Industrial Club of Detroit

Bymzhpt September 18, 2016September 8, 2022

By Jeff Blakley I ran across an article that appeared in the Homestead Enterprise on July 16, 1914, giving a history of the Women’s Industrial Club in Detroit. It was organized for social reasons as well as to promote the civic betterment of Detroit on October 29, 1911, shortly after the Longview Club was organized…

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The Founding of Royal Palm State Park

Bymzhpt June 28, 2016September 8, 2022

An interesting project for someone to undertake would be an article exploring the role that the Women’s Industrial Club in Detroit played in the establishment of the Royal Palm State Park in 1916. An article that appears on the website of the National Park Service doesn’t mention the members of Women’s Industrial Club. Instead, it…