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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 club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall. | |||
*In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street. | |||
*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. | |||
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*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.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 | |||
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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 club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall.
- In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street.
- 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.
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
- 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
[ttps://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:925486/one November Club Yearbooks]
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