On This Day
in West Virginia History...

Cover of booklet for West Virginia
Federation of Women's Clubs, 1910-11 (Sc82-294)

On April 22, 1904, representatives of 15 women's clubs gathered in Wheeling to form the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs.

Learn more:
Formation of the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs
"Women's Clubs Formed State Federation"
"Womans Club: State Federation Will Be Organized at Meetings Now Being Held"
"West Virginia Women's Organizations, 1880s-1930 or 'Unsexed Termagants . . . Help the World Along'"
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