Detroit Study Club

For their motto, the club adopted a line of Browning's verse: “Let man contend to the uttermost for his life’s set prize.” After five years, group members expanded their scope and began to study other authors, art, religion, and history.

In 1904, the women renamed their organization the Detroit Study Club but vowed to devote one annual meeting to Robert Browning's life and work.

During the first half of the twentieth century, Detroit Study Club members held an annual Christmas party for Wheatley Home residents and donated five dollars each year for gifts.

[5] In 1917, the National Association of Colored Women launched a fundraising campaign to save Cedar Hill, home of the abolitionist, writer, and activist, Frederick Douglass.

In April 2016, the Historical Society of Michigan recognized the Detroit Study Club's centennial longevity with the Milestone Award and a plaque noting the organization's contributions to the state's vitality and growth.