The Complete Club Book for Women
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Caroline French Benton. The Complete Club Book for Women
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. Suggestions for Club Work
CHAPTER II. Community Improvement
CHAPTER III. A Study of the American Colonies
CHAPTER IV. Some Poets of To-day
CHAPTER V. The World's Islands
CHAPTER VI. The Business of Being a Housekeeper
CHAPTER VII. A Study of Songs
CHAPTER VIII. Some of the World's Famous Buildings
CHAPTER IX. Four Short Programs
PART I. I – A GROUP OF FAMOUS BOOKS
PART II. A STUDY OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
PART III. CHILD LABOR
PART IV. AMERICAN NATURE WRITERS
CHAPTER X. Central and South America and the Canal
CHAPTER XI. The Work of the Rural Club
CHAPTER XII. The History of England
CHAPTER XIII. Woman's Problems of Work
CHAPTER XIV. Women's Problems of Work – Continued
CHAPTER XV. Some Great Men of Our Time
CHAPTER XVI. The Literature of the Bible
CHAPTER XVII. The Age of Queen Anne
CHAPTER XVIII. Our Educational System
CHAPTER XIX. Special Programs on Great Men and Women
CHAPTER XX. Programs from Clubs
CHAPTER XXI. What Clubs Are Studying
CHAPTER XXII. Brief One Day Programs
CHAPTER XXIII. How to Make a Year Book
CHAPTER XXIV. A Model Constitution
CHAPTER XXV. Rules of Order for Clubs
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There is no difficulty in starting a club; any group of women who are interested in the same things may form themselves into a simple organization. But the great question will surely arise: What shall we study? And here club members are certain to divide into three distinct classes.
The first group consists of women who have for years been absorbed in home-making and child-rearing. The world of books has been practically closed to them. The club to which they wish to belong must offer them an opportunity for self-development, one in which they will obtain the culture which comes from the study of art and music and literature; one where their hungry minds will be fed.
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Child welfare is a most important subject. Fresh air funds, children's summer camps, the prevention of infant mortality, children's clinics and the like will grow out of its study.
Child labor comes in this connection. If there are mills or canneries near by, it must be seen that the state laws are enforced there. The state care of the defective child should be studied.
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