[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TOWN AND COUNTY CLUB

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                          HON. JOHN B. LARSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 21, 2015

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
90th anniversary of the Town and County Club in Hartford, Connecticut. 
This club was originally founded on May 21, 1925 as a private women's 
club and has continually flourished into an esteemed location for 
members to enjoy organized social, intellectual, and artistic 
gatherings.
   The first President of the club was Miss Anne Eliot Trumbull, and on 
the day of the first meeting of her Board, the Club had been 
incorporated with the assistance of attorney Barclay Robinson, under 
the name of `The Town and County Club, Incorporated'. The Articles of 
Association state the purposes for which the corporation was formed, 
and signed by the 16 subscribers present at the meeting. The Articles 
state: `For creating an organized center for women's work, thought and 
action; advancing the interests of women; promoting science, 
literature, and art; providing an accessible place of meeting for its 
members; promoting social intercourse by such means as the members of 
the corporation shall deem expedient and proper for that purpose, and 
for acquiring and maintaining and club house and grounds.'
   In a time when the most private club memberships were restricted to 
men, these women represented the voice and action for change by 
creating one of their own. In just five years after women's suffrage in 
1920, women in the Hartford County area chose to congregate and soon 
created this popular club that would continue on and today, celebrate 
its 90th anniversary. It is my honor to congratulate the Town and 
County Club in Hartford, Connecticut.

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