History
Did you know that our Woman's Club:
- Contributed so much to the Military in WW II that a plane was named in our honor.
- Served as the venue when Hubert Humphrey unveiled his Health Care Plan, now Medicare.
- Boycotted the Bethesda Hiser Theater for its State-approved segregation policy in the 1950’s.
- Debuted the Antiques Show in 1961 which was the Club’s largest fundraiser for over 50 years.
- Lobbied the State for creation of kindergartens in the public school system in the 1920’s.
- Was a polling station in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
- Provided start-up seed money for WETA in 1961.
- Trained a squadron of members to be enemy plane spotters atop Pooks Hill, Bethesda, in the Korean War.
- Hosted Senator Taft when he announced his presidential candidacy.
- Sold $75,000 in stamps & bonds in 1943, the equivalent of $1,094,041 in 2018.
- Was privileged to have First Lady Laura Bush serve as Honorary Chair of the 2007 Antiques Show.
- Has hosted a Community Art Show for over 47 years, and counting. . . .
- Established two new fund-raisers in recent years, Mask Sales and the Mystery Mansion community Halloween event.
- Has consisently been ranked as the largest woman’s club in the Montgomery County Federation of Women’s Clubs.
- Has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in academic, art and music scholarships over the year
- Contributed over 18,000 volunteer hours of community service in 2021