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Kate | [[Woods, Kate Tannatt|Kate Tannatt Woods]] (1836-1910) founded the Salem Thought and Work Club in 1891. | ||
Grace A. Oliver (1844-1899) was the founding vice-president of the club. | |||
The club flourished in a time when women of means, like Grace Oliver, were in and had "a time of abounding confidence in their own version of a | |||
'regenerated world' when American women's achievements would inevitably lead to the vast outlook and the marvelous promise of the twentieth | |||
[[Category:Browse Index] | century." Oliver and the club brought a "sense of beauty, elegant practicality, and dedication to building a vibrant | ||
intellectual life to Salem, the region and Massachusetts" according to Maggie Smith-Dalton in her article. | |||
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[[Category:Clubs and Organizations]] | [[Category:Clubs and Organizations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:48, 13 September 2019
Kate Tannatt Woods (1836-1910) founded the Salem Thought and Work Club in 1891.
Grace A. Oliver (1844-1899) was the founding vice-president of the club.
The club flourished in a time when women of means, like Grace Oliver, were in and had "a time of abounding confidence in their own version of a
'regenerated world' when American women's achievements would inevitably lead to the vast outlook and the marvelous promise of the twentieth
century." Oliver and the club brought a "sense of beauty, elegant practicality, and dedication to building a vibrant
intellectual life to Salem, the region and Massachusetts" according to Maggie Smith-Dalton in her article.
