Francisca Club
The Francisca Club is a women's only private social club in San Francisco, California. It is apparently the oldest private women's club surviving in San Francisco[1] and has been in its clubhouse since the 1920s.[2] It had typically had a membership of around 500;[2] however, recently this has declined to closer to 400.[1]
Two other women's clubs in San Francisco were the , whose 640 Sutter St. building was built in 1914, and the , whose Sutter Street building was built in 1927.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Bowles, Nellie (11 September 2011). "S.F. women's clubs aging, rolls declining". SF Gate. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b Lyons, Louis; Wilson, Josephine (1922). Who's who Among the Women of California. Security publishing Company.
- ^ See Women's Athletic Club of Alameda County's NRHP nomination document for some information on these.
Categories:
- Clubs and societies in California
- Women's clubs in the United States
- Organizations based in San Francisco
- Organizations established in the 1920s
- History of women in California