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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.
| | May 6, 2021 marked the 375th anniversary of the Town of Andover's founding. |
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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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| | | *[[Media:AndoverTurns375.pdf|Andover Turns 375 Eagle Tribune May 9, 2021]] |
| *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.
| | *[https://www.andovertownsman.com/news/andover-turns-375/article_b06cc734-bb5c-530e-8d8b-2647aa50799b.html Andover Turns 375, Andover Townsman May 7, 2021] |
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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. | |
| *"Andover's Innovators Lead the Way", ''The Townsman'', May 30, 2013, page 13.
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| * [https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1985-12-05.pdf Church Buys a Bit of History] by Susan K. O'Neill Townsman December 5, 1985, p.55 | |
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| *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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| [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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