The Fortnightly of Chicago is a
woman's club founded in Chicago in 1873 by
Kate Newell Doggett
Kate Newell Doggett (1828–1884) was an American botanist and suffragist.
Biography
Doggett née Newell was born in 1828.
In 1869 Doggett was placed charge of the herbarium at the Academy of Science. She was delegate of the National Woman Suffr ...
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It is the oldest women's association in
Chicago
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Kate Newell Doggett served as the first president from 1873 through 1879. Early members include
Jane Addams
Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. She was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage i ...
, Janet H. Ayer, Amanda M. Bliss, Susan M. Hamilton,
Ellen Martin Henrotin, Ellen R. Jewitt, Mary Hunt Loomis, Emily (Mrs.
Franklin) MacVeagh,
Bertha Palmer, and Mary Wilmarth.
In 1922, the Fortnightly purchased the
Lathrop House
The Lathrop House, also known as the Bryan Lathrop House, is a Georgian style house at 120 E Bellevue Place in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1892 by McKim, Mead & White for Bryan L ...
at 120 E Bellevue Place from Helen Aldis Lathrop.
The club still occupies that building, which was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
in 1974.
References
External links
Fortnightly of Chicagoa
the Newberry Library
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Women's clubs in the United States
History of women in Illinois
1876 establishments in Illinois
Buildings and structures in Chicago