Excerpt from Annals of the Chicago Woman's Club: For the First Forty Years of Its Organization, 1876-1916 Members of the Chicago Woman's Club with its a growth and development, and to recall the events of 55 former years. The contents of this volume are taken from the original records and documents, from letters and articles concerning the work of the Club. The minutes of the first decade are given in detail, in order fiat the spirit of the Club may be fully understood. It Was found impossible to report the later years exten sively, owing to the continual expansion of the Club and the wealth of material concerning its activities. The excerpts from the records beginning February, 1876, and ending February, 1916, have been bound in Qone volume for future reference. This volume is accessible to members. It contains many reports in full, which are of inestimable value. These should be made available by publication, as they evidence the contributions of members to the civic and cultural growth of the community. In many instances the action of the Club in later years was clearly fore shadowed in the first records. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.