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*The November Club was the first women's club in Andover.  It was formed in 1889 after Miss Elizabeth Handy called a meeting of 15 "well-educated, enterprising, and socially elite women" in November 1888 to discuss her idea to start a women's club.
* The November Club was the first women's club in Andover.  It was formed in November 1889, after Miss Elizabeth Handy called a meeting of 15 "well-educated, enterprising, and socially elite women" in November 1888 to discuss her idea to start a women's club.


*The club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall.
*The club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall (then known as Academy Hall) on the campus of Abbot Academy.  


*In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street.
*In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street.
*According to a November 1908 ''New England Magazine'' article, The November Club clubhouse, was the first clubhouse built for women in New England.


*The November Club raised money for local charities, the war efforts, and to build their Locke Street clubhouse. They give dance lessons to young people, and had guest speakers.
*The November Club raised money for local charities, the war efforts, and to build their Locke Street clubhouse. They give dance lessons to young people, and had guest speakers.


*By 1985 membership had fallen and the clubhouse was sold to the Unitarian Universalist Church.  The money was given to Memorial Hall Library to furnish a November Club reading room.
*By 1985 membership had fallen and the clubhouse was sold to the Unitarian Universalist Church.  The money was given to Memorial Hall Library to furnish a November Club reading room.
* Susan McIntosh Lloyd's history of Abbot Academy, [https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:596621/one A Singular School], mentions the November Club and it's connection to Abbot extensively.


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* [https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:925486/one The November Club Yearbooks] from 1908 - 1966 are held in Memorial Hall Library's [https://mhl.org/andover-room-collection Andover Room]local history collections. They are digitized and viewable in full-text online. 
 
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*Town Had First Clubhouse "for Ladies Wholly" by Karen Wakeling, Andover Historical Society. ''Andover Townsman'' January 19, 2012. p.8.
*Town Had First Clubhouse "for Ladies Wholly" by Karen Wakeling, Andover Historical Society. ''Andover Townsman'' January 19, 2012. p.8.
*"Andover's Innovators Lead the Way", ''The Townsman'', May 30, 2013, page 13.
* [https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1985-12-05.pdf Church Buys a Bit of History] by Susan K. O'Neill  ''Andover Townsman'' December 5, 1985, p.55


*November Club Yearbooks, 1907-1967 in Andover Room at Memorial Hall Library
*November Club Yearbooks, 1907-1967, in Andover Room at Memorial Hall Library.Digital Copies of the November Club Yearbooks may be accessed online: https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:925486/one
*[https://preservation.mhl.org/6-locke-street Six Locke Street], Andover Historic Preservation Comission Database
*[https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:596621/one Lloyd, Susan McIntosh A Singular School: Abbot Academy, 1828-1973 ]
*[https://archive.org/details/sim_the-new-england-magazine_1908-11_39_3/page/300/mode/2up Winslow, Helen M. The Story of the Women's Club Movement  ''New England Magazine'' November, 1908, p. 300]


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  • The November Club was the first women's club in Andover. It was formed in November 1889, after Miss Elizabeth Handy called a meeting of 15 "well-educated, enterprising, and socially elite women" in November 1888 to discuss her idea to start a women's club.
  • The club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall (then known as Academy Hall) on the campus of Abbot Academy.
  • In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street.
  • According to a November 1908 New England Magazine article, The November Club clubhouse, was the first clubhouse built for women in New England.
  • The November Club raised money for local charities, the war efforts, and to build their Locke Street clubhouse. They give dance lessons to young people, and had guest speakers.
  • By 1985 membership had fallen and the clubhouse was sold to the Unitarian Universalist Church. The money was given to Memorial Hall Library to furnish a November Club reading room.
  • Susan McIntosh Lloyd's history of Abbot Academy, A Singular School, mentions the November Club and it's connection to Abbot extensively.

See


  • Town Had First Clubhouse "for Ladies Wholly" by Karen Wakeling, Andover Historical Society. Andover Townsman January 19, 2012. p.8.
  • "Andover's Innovators Lead the Way", The Townsman, May 30, 2013, page 13.
  • Church Buys a Bit of History by Susan K. O'Neill Andover Townsman December 5, 1985, p.55


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