In the 1930s, several clubs were founded for men in Aden, but Yemeni women generally lived secluded in purdah in the harems.
In 1954, Nabiha Hasan Ali became the first Yemeni woman elected President of the club.
In 1956 the Adeni Women's Club engaged in favor of unveiling on the initiative of Radhia Ihsan.
Most women still lived secluded in gender segregation and could not appear in public unveiled.
When women were stopped from attending the concert of the popular Egyptian singer Farid al-Atrash in Aden, the club on the initiative of Radhia Ihsan arranged a demonstration against the veil - and thus against gender segregation - in Aden.