The Complete Club Book for Women

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Author

Benton, Caroline French, -1923

Title

The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc.

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Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Women -- Societies and clubs

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33201

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33201

Release Date

July 20, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The — Complete Club Book — For Women
2. 2.INTERESTING BOOKS — By — Caroline French Benton — THE PAGE COMPANY — 53 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
3. 3.For Women — Woman's Club Work and Programs — BY
4. 4.Caroline French Benton — BOSTON — The Page Company — MDCCCCXV
5. 5.PREFACE
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.CHAPTER I — Suggestions for Club Work
8. 8.CHAPTER II — Community Improvement — I—SUBJECTS TO INVESTIGATE — II—THE BEGINNING OF SOCIAL SERVICE — III—BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
9. 9.Chapter III — A Study of the American Colonies — I—VIRGINIA — II—MARYLAND — III—NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA — IV—GEORGIA — V—THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES — VI—NEW AMSTERDAM — VII—NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE — VIII—PENNSYLVANIA
10. 10.CHAPTER IV — Some Poets of To-day — I—INTRODUCTORY — II—DRAMATIC POETRY — III—POEMS WITH CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC THEMES — IV—POEMS OF PROTEST — V—PHILOSOPHICAL AND MYSTICAL POEMS — VI—LYRICS AND POEMS OF NATURE — VII—DIALECT AND HUMOROUS POETRY — VIII—CELTIC POETRY — IX—POETICAL PLAYS
11. 11.CHAPTER V — The World's Islands — I—GRECIAN ISLANDS — II—MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS — III—THE ISLANDS NEAR SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND — IV—ISLANDS NEAR AFRICA — V—OCEANICA — VI—BORNEO, SUMATRA, JAVA AND OTHERS — VII—TASMANIA AND NEW ZEALAND — VIII—JAPANESE ISLANDS — IX—WEST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO — X—BERMUDA AND THE AZORES
12. 12.CHAPTER VI — The Business of Being a Housekeeper — I—INTRODUCTORY — II—SYSTEMATIC HOUSEKEEPING — III—ECONOMY IN FOOD — IV—COOKING — V—THE LAUNDRY — VI—SERVICE — VII—CLOTHING — VIII—WASTE — IX—FALSE ECONOMIES — X—WHAT IS HOME FOR?
13. 13.CHAPTER VII — A Study of Songs — I—THE GREAT GERMANS — II—FRANZ AND GRIEG — III—SLAVIC COMPOSERS — IV—FRANCE, ITALY AND ENGLAND — V—AMERICAN SONGS — VI—INTERESTING SONGS
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — Some of the World's Famous Buildings — I—EGYPT'S GREATEST BUILDING — II—THE PARTHENON AND THE ACROPOLIS — III—THE BUILDINGS OF ROME — IV—CASTLES AND CATHEDRALS IN GERMANY — V—THE MOSQUE OF ST. SOPHIA — VI—MOORISH ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN — VII—NOTEWORTHY RUSSIAN BUILDINGS — VIII—NOTRE DAME — IX—IN THE BRITISH ISLES — X—THE TAJ MAHAL
15. 15.CHAPTER IX — Four Short Programs — PART I — I—A GROUP OF FAMOUS BOOKS — FRENCH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, AND SPANISH — ENGLISH AND AMERICAN — PART II — A STUDY OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE — PART III — CHILD LABOR — I—THE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS — PART IV — AMERICAN NATURE WRITERS
16. 16.CHAPTER X — Central and South America and the Canal — I—THE BEGINNINGS — II—THE CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS — III—PANAMA AND THE CANAL — IV—SOUTH AMERICA — V—ARGENTINA — VI—PERU — VII—ECUADOR — VIII—BOLIVIA — IX—CHILI — X—COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA — XI—BRAZIL — XII—LATIN AMERICA
17. 17.CHAPTER XI — The Work of the Rural Club — I—A CLUB FAR FROM LIBRARIES — II—HOW TO START A RURAL CLUB — III—VALUE OF COMMUNITY WORK — IV—IMPROVING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL — V—TALKS BY EXPERTS
18. 18.CHAPTER XII — The History of England — I—DRUIDS, CELTS, ROMANS, AND SAXONS — II—THE NORMANS AND PLANTAGENETS — III—THE TUDORS — IV—THE STUARTS AND CROMWELL — V—THE GEORGES — VI—THE AGE OF VICTORIA — VII—THE PRESENT
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII — Woman's Problems of Work — INTRODUCTORY
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV — Women's Problems of Work—Continued — I—TO-DAY — II—THE SICK POOR IN CITY AND COUNTRY — III—THE WOMAN WHO WORKS FOR PAY IN THE HOME — IV—WOMEN WORKERS IN MILLS — V—THE PROBLEM OF CHILD LABOR — VI—THE SHOP GIRL AND HER LIFE — VII—THE BUSINESS WOMAN — VIII—THE PROFESSIONAL WOMAN AND HER DIFFICULTIES — IX—WOMAN AND THE STATE
21. 21.CHAPTER XV — Some Great Men of Our Time — I—RODIN—SCULPTOR — II—ROSTAND—DRAMATIST — III—JAMES—PSYCHOLOGIST — IV—BOOTH—RELIGIOUS LEADER — V—TOYNBEE—SOCIAL WORKER — VI—EDISON—INVENTOR — VII—MORGAN—FINANCIER — VIII—KELVIN—SCIENTIST — IX—PEARY AND AMUNDSEN—EXPLORERS — X—GOETHALS—ENGINEER
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI — The Literature of the Bible — I—THE BEGINNINGS — II—THE MAKING OF A NATION — III—THE HEROES — IV—THE UNDIVIDED KINGDOM — V—THE DIVIDED KINGDOMS AND THE EXILE — VI—HEBREW POETRY — VII—PROPHECY — VIII—PHILOSOPHY — IX—THE NEW TESTAMENT — X—SUBJECTS RELATED TO THE BIBLE
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — The Age of Queen Anne — I—IMPORTANCE OF THIS PERIOD — II—THE QUEEN AND HER COURT — III—THE MARLBOROUGHS — IV—THE WARS AND AFTER — V—LITERATURE OF THE TIMES — VI—THE BEGINNING OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII — Our Educational System — I—COLONIAL COLLEGES — II—KINDERGARTENS — III—PUBLIC SCHOOLS — IV—HIGH SCHOOLS — V—SPECIAL SCHOOLS — VI—PRIVATE SCHOOLS — VII—COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES — VIII—WOMEN'S COLLEGES — IX—POSTGRADUATE WORK AND NEW IDEAS
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX — Special Programs on Great Men and Women — I—SEPTEMBER — II—OCTOBER — III—NOVEMBER — IV—DECEMBER — V—JANUARY — VI—FEBRUARY — VII—MARCH — VIII—APRIL — IX—MAY — X—JUNE
26. 26.CHAPTER XX — Programs from Clubs — I
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI — What Clubs Are Studying — II — PLEDGE OF TENNESSEE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII — Brief One Day Programs — I—SOCIAL SETTLEMENTS — II—THE HIGH COST OF LIVING — III—IRELAND — IV—ROBERT BURNS — V—WOMEN AND SOCIAL RELATIONS — VI—THE MADONNA IN ART — VII—THE CITY OF LONDON — VIII—BIRDS — IX—THE MODERN SCIENCE OF HOUSEHOLD SANITATION AND HYGIENE — X—THE PHYSICAL SIDE OF THE CHILD — XI—AN AMERICAN POET AND HIS FRIENDS — XII—AN EDUCATIONAL MEETING — XIII—A MAGAZINE MEETING — XIV—PROGRAM FOR A THANKSGIVING MEETING — XV—AN AFTERNOON WITH OUR SOUTHERN WRITERS — XVI—THE CHILD IN THE HOME — XVII—MOTHER AND DAUGHTER — XVIII—CHRISTMAS PROGRAM — XIX—PROGRAM FOR A COLONIAL MEETING — XX—KING ARTHUR AND THE ROUND TABLE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII — How to Make a Year Book — ENGLAND — I — THE COUNTRY AND ITS RACES — II — THE ROMAN CONQUEST AND EARLY KINGDOMS — III — THE NORMANS AND ANGEVINS — IV — HENRY III AND THE FIRST TWO EDWARDS — V — EDWARD III — VI — RICHARD II AND RICHARD III — VII — THE TUDORS — VIII — ELIZABETH, THE GREATEST TUDOR — IX — JAMES I AND CHARLES I — X — THE COMMONWEALTH — XI — THE RESTORATION — XII — THE REVOLUTION, AND EVENTS TO GEORGE III — XIII — GEORGE III — XIV — THE VICTORIAN AGE (A) — XV — THE VICTORIAN AGE (B) — XVI — THE ENGLAND OF TO-DAY
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV — A Model Constitution — Constitution — ARTICLE I — ARTICLE II — ARTICLE III — ARTICLE IV — ARTICLE V — ARTICLE VI — ARTICLE VII — ARTICLE VIII
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV — Rules of Order for Clubs — I—BOOK OF RULES — II—ORGANIZING — III—VOTING — IV—THE PRESIDENT — V—MOTIONS — VI—SPEAKING — VII—CLOSING DEBATE — VIII—APPEALS — IX—COMMITTEES — X—ELECTIONS — XI—EXECUTIVE SESSION — THE END
32. 32.INDEX

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