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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.
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| *The club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall.
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| *In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street.
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| *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.
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| *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.
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| *Town Had First Clubhouse "for Ladies Wholly" by Karen Wakeling, Andover Historical Society. ''Andover Townsman'' January 19, 2012. p.8.
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| *"Andover's Innovators Lead the Way", ''The Townsman'', May 30, 2013, page 13.
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| *November Club Yearbooks, 1907-1967, in Andover Room at Memorial Hall Library.
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| <!-- insert signature here, if desired -->--[[User:Leslie|Leslie]] 19:00, July 18, 2012 (EDT)--[[User:Leslie|Leslie]] 10:15, July 24, 2012 (EDT)
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| <br><br> --[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] ([[User talk:Eleanor|talk]]) 15:28, 18 December 2015 (EST)
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