The Greensboro Woman's Club is a member of a national organization known as the General Federation of Woman's Clubs (GFWC). The federation is one of the oldest non-partisan, non-denominational women's volunteer service organizations in the world. The national federation was founded in 1890, our state federation was founded in 1902. Since our local club was founded in 1909, we have been one of the longest-lasting woman’s club in North Carolina.
History of the Greensboro Woman’s Club
The Woman’s Club
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Serving the Greensboro
Community since 1909
Dedicated to promote “community betterment and cultural improvement”.
In 2009, we celebrated our 100th anniversary as a club. In North Carolina alone, there are 250 woman's clubs that belong to a federation with over 8,000 members.
The Greensboro Woman’s Club was organized in 1909 with 157 charter members dedicated to promote “community betterment and cultural improvement”. Listed below are a few other noteable dates in our history:
1917 - The club is instrumental in establishing the Greensboro Chapter of the American Red Cross
1921 - Membership had grown to 358
women and the club was able to purchase the Weir-Jordan House for use as a meeting place.
1922 - We sponsored the first curb market in Greensboro
1930 - Organizes the Junior Woman's Club of Greensboro
1939 - Helps form the Guilford County Cancer Society
1940s - Club members worked hard in projects to benefit the Red Cross, Cancer Society, and the March of Dimes due to the polio epidemic
1951 - Organizes the Guilford County Fine Arts Association which by 1956 had grown to become a county-wide project apart from GWC
1963 - Sponsors the Greensboro Seniorettes, a teenage service club at Grimsley High School
1984 - The Weir-Jordan House, owned by the Club since 1921, is admitted into the National Register of Historic Places
2001 - A "night department" is formed with the purpose of allowing those who work during the day an opportunity to be members by attending meetings at night.
2003 - The day club and "night department" merge, and meetings are held only at night.
