Preserve
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Enrich The Future Developing programs of interest to Capital Region women: Art • Gardening • Music Literature • Politics Women’s History Programs to support: Foster families Children & families in need Literacy |
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The Woman’s Club of Albany
• 725 Madison Avenue • Albany, NY 12208 • 518 - 465-3626Organized in 1910, its motto "For the Future", The
Woman’s Club of Albany became a force in the Capital District serving the community
with an emphasis on education, culture, women’s rights, and public service.
Six hundred members strong by 1919, an elegant home at 725 Madison Avenue was purchased as
the Woman’s Club’s clubhouse. Built in 1895, by Joseph Steefel, an Albany
clothier, this house has served the WCA and the community well. Club events are held
there, enhanced by the renovation of the 2nd floor in the 1920’s when bedrooms were
removed giving way to a large meeting hall. The house is available to the public for
private rentals.
By 2004 the Woman’s Club of Albany had dwindled to a few elderly members. A private rental of the house sparked its revival. Today a motivated group of women from the entire capital region and beyond are building on the Woman’s Club’s rich legacy, honoring its past, while enriching its future by addressing the challenges and exploring the potential of the 21st Century.
Please consider joining the Woman’s Club as
either an active or supporting member.
Active membership: $119 (includes membership in the National Federation of
Woman’s Clubs)
Supporting Membership: $100
Senior/Student membership: $50
For a membership brochure call 518-465-3626 or join us at our next meeting or event.
Click here for our upcoming calendar.
In the early 1900's club members created a program to provide milk to school children, worked with the city to improve sanitary conditions and begin garbage collection, produced plays, presented lectures by authors, and planted the gardens in Washington Park.
In 2004 -7 the Woman’s Club activities included expanding its focus to the entire capital region, producing a benefit concert to raise funds for Girls Inc Camp Brookledge, presenting a holiday party for foster families, donating books to inner-city school libraries through the popular "Good Books" series, sponsoring a scholarship for Women’s History Month, and more.
In 2008, with your help, we can do even more. Help us preserve the past, and enrich the future.
YOUR MEMBERSHIP and DONATION SUPPORT a GROWING LIST of PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE:
