Women's City Club of Washington, D.C.

O'Toole, the founding president, said that the group hoped to attract not only women in the academic and professional sphere, but housewives as well.

[2] Club activities ranged from Spanish and French language classes, to lecture series concerning the arts and sciences.

[6] The honorary first member, and first chairwoman of the Club, was Dr Ellen Spencer Mussey, co-founder of the Washington College of Law and the National Association of Women Lawyers.

[7] Several first ladies became honorary members of the organisation, including Lou Henry Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Bess Truman.

[1] Helen Keller, Marie Curie, and Charles Lindbergh were given special awards by the Club for their pursuit of knowledge, dedication to country and humanitarian endeavours.