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Larson, Kate Clifford – Library Quarterly, 2001
Presents a history of the Saturday Evening Girls' Club and other associated library clubs that were developed for immigrant and working-class women and girls in Boston around 1900. Examines the role clubs and social reform organizations played in advancing intellectual, educational, and economic agendas using primary documents. (Contains 111…
Descriptors: Clubs, Economic Factors, Educational Opportunities, Females