Banner
Object number2020.21.32
Date1917-1918
MediumFabric; Metal; Paint
Credit LineGift of The Twentieth Century Club
DescriptionRectangular beige fabric banner. Vertical orientation with hanging sleeve along top edge. Hemmed edges. One gray metal grommet in each bottom corner. Front has painted red text above and below central red Greek cross.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 44.75 x 34.625 x 0.25 in. (113.7 x 87.9 x 0.6 cm)InscriptionsFront has painted red text at top "TWENTIETH / CENTURY CLUB / AUXILIARY" and bottom "PITTSBURGH / CHAPTER".
Historical NotesRed Cross banner from the Twentieth Century Club. The Twentieth Century Club was founded in 1894 with the aim to “create an organization for women’s work, though and activity, advancing her interested, promoting art, science and literature.” Women’s clubs were part of a greater social movement in the late 1800s that grew out of the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform society and public policy. This was a progressive era movement with links to suffrage and temperance, although not all members of women’s clubs adhered to either movement. The Pittsburgh club first met at the Thompson mansion at 408 Penn Avenue. They sponsored lectures and classes on language, literature, travel, history and science and were a member of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs. In 1910, they opened a club at their present location in Oakland, and in 1930 the clubhouse was redesigned by Benno Janssen. Many of these clubs saw a decline in the 1960s.
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