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The Woman's Club of Louisville

Organized 1890

The Woman's Club of Louisville was organized in 1890 by Susan Look Avery for the purpose of promoting and supporting civic improvements, championing the educational and philanthropic needs of the community, and cultivating the fine arts.

The founders exerted a powerful force in confronting some of the social challenges of the early 19th century. They lobbied and won rights for women-enabling them to own property and right to custody of their children in case of a divorce. They fought for suffrage, created a Children’s Library, established playgrounds throughout the city, fought for sanitation improvements and more.

In the late 40s, the Kiwanis Club and The Woman’s Club cofounded the Louisville Deaf Oral School (Heuser Hearing & Language Academy and more recently a summer camp for children with autism.

Today Club members continue the mission to enrich, improve, inspire, and strengthen the community by supporting many charities, as well as offering weekly programs open to the public and an annual art exhibition.

Celebrate Women's Suffrage History in the United States
First Historical Marker Honors Susan Look Avery

Susan Look Avery
Honored by
National Organizations

The centennial of suffrage for many women in the United States is approaching in 2020. With this landmark anniversary embodied in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (NCWHS) and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation have partnered to launch a new historic marker program commemorating the history of women’s suffrage in the U.S.

The William G. Pomeroy Foundation is a private foundation established in 2005. The Foundation is committed to supporting the celebration and preservation of community history; and to raising awareness, supporting research and improving the quality of care for patients and their families who are facing a blood cancer diagnosis. To date, the Foundation has awarded nearly 800 grants for historic signage in New York State and beyond.
Visit: www.wgpfoundation.org

Susan Look Avery

Co-Founded
The Louisville Suffrage Association
(Louisville Equal Rights Association)
1889

Organized
The Woman's Club of Louisville
1890

The Susan Look Avery Club
of Wyoming, N.Y.

The Wyoming New York Equality Club

Charter Member
The Warsaw New York Equaity Club

Leader, Speaker, and Writer

It is bad for the ignorant and vicious to do ill, but it is worse for the educated and honest to do nothing. - Susan Look Avery

Susan avery's
HISTORY

WCL HISTORY

Suffrage
Marker Dedication

The first marker will be dedicated on March 6, 2019 at The Woman’s Club of Louisville in Louisville, KY to commemorate the work of Susan Look Avery. She held the 1881 American Woman Suffrage Association’s national meeting in her home with speaker Lucy Stone and her husband, Henry Blackwell. She was a friend to Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington and other reformers.

The National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites is a non-profit organization established to support and promote the preservation and interpretation of sites and locales that bear witness to women’s participation in American history. NCWHS is dedicated to making women’s contributions to history visible so all women’s experiences and potential are fully valued. Visit: www.ncwhs.org

The Woman's Club of Louisville
Honored by Kentucky Historical Society with Marker
September 12, 2018

Dedication of WCL Historical Marker

Imagine Your Event Here

Clubhouse and Theater Rental

The Beaux-Art Clubhouse of The Woman’s Club of Louisville was designed by architect, E. T. Hutchins and completed in 1923.
The spacious rooms and classic décor provide an ideal place for corporate events and meetings. Other entertaining possibilities include luncheons, teas, intimate cocktail receptions, anniversary dinners, and Derby events. Elegant surroundings lead to inspired events. Through the decades, The Woman’s Club has hosted hundreds of social and corporate affairs. Let us help you imagine and create your next event.

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