Lancaster County
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Lincoln Women's Club #5
1897-1898


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Leader
Mrs. Rudolph Rehlaender

Associate Leader
Miss Mary Stevens

Secretary
Mrs. John A. Ames

Alternates with Club week, Wednesdays 4 p. m.
Subject: "The Constitutional History of the United States."
PROGRAM

Oct. 22
Governments objects, forms and functions; Mrs. Rehlaender
Law: its nature and development
Mrs. Nellie Richardson.

Nov. 5
The development of constitutional liberty in the English colonies of America
Mrs. John A. Ames.

Nov. 19
The Puritan Commonwealth

Dec. 3
Beginnings of American Nationality:
The Continental Congress; Mrs. Anna B. Winchester.

Dec. 17
Sources of the Constitution of the United States; Mrs. S. B. Pound.

Dec. 31
Steps toward union: adoption of the Constitution of the United States

  

Jan. 14
How are we governed; Mrs. George W. Berge. 

Jan. 28
The diplomatic relations of the United States and Foreign Powers; Mrs. T. J. O'Connell.

Feb. 11
The American Electoral System; Mrs. Ralph Penney. 

Feb. 25
Congressional government: a study in American politics; Miss Mary Stevens.

March 11
The Monroe Doctrine:
origin, growth and record applications
Mrs. H. M. Bushnell. 

March 25
Civil government in Nebraska
Mrs. Zara Wilson.

HISTORY

Leader:
Miss Mary Tremaine

Associate Leader:
Miss Annette Brackett

Secretary:
Mrs. Maude Hatfield

Same week as club, Thursdays, 2 p. m.

Subject: American History
PROGRAM

Oct. 14
Methods of nation making (based on Fiske's Beginnings of New England, chapter 1)

Oct. 28
The Age of the Reformation 
in England

Nov. 4
English Exploration: 
Reasons for Colonization.

Nov. 18
The Beginnings of Puritanism

Dec. 2
New England in 1620

Dec. 16
The Leyden Pilgrims and New Plymouth

Dec. 30
The Founding of 
Massachusetts Bay

  

Jan. 13
Religious troubles

Jan. 27
Political Life

Feb. 10
The Expansion of 
New England

Feb. 24
The New England 
Confederation

March 10
New England and the Indians

March 24
Religious troubles; 
The Quakers

April 7
New England Life; 
The Clergy and Education.

April 21
New England Life, Social 
and Economic