International Association of Lyceum Clubs
{{Short description|Women's club in London, England}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = International Association of Lyceum Clubs
| formation = 1903
| motto =
| image = Logo for the International Association of Lyceum Clubs.jpg
| caption =
| type = Women's club
| named_after =
| founder = Constance Smedley
| founding_location = 128 Piccadilly, London, England
| predecessor = International Lyceum Club for Women Artists and Writers
| merged =
| website = {{URL|lyceumclubs.org/}}
}}
The International Association of Lyceum Clubs was a women's club founded in London, England in 1903 by Constance Smedley.{{cite web |last1=Brockington |first1=Grace |title=A World Fellowship: The founding of the International Lyceum Club for Women |url=https://www.academia.edu/876236/A_World_Fellowship_The_founding_of_the_International_Lyceum_Club_for_Women_Artists_and_Writers |website=Academia.edu |accessdate=18 October 2018 |language=en}} The club is still active.{{cite web |title=International Association of Lyceum Clubs-Yearbook Profile |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100005327 |website=Union of International Associations |accessdate=18 October 2018 |language=en}}
Background
File:Millicent Garrett Fawcett and Lady Frances Balfour at Women's Coronation Procession.jpg (fifth from left) and Lady Frances Balfour (to her left) photographed at the Women's Coronation Procession]]The club was formed as a place for women involved with literature, journalism, art, science and medicine to meet in an atmosphere that was similar to the men's professional clubs of that era. Woman would be able to hold meetings, provide meals, and accommodations in a professional environment.{{cite web |title=Rooms of their Own: Women’s Clubs |url=https://womanandhersphere.com/category/rooms-of-their-own-womens-clubs/ |website=Woman and her Sphere |accessdate=18 October 2018 |language=en}}
Constance Smedley founded the first club as the International Lyceum Club for Women Artists and Writers at 128 Piccadilly in London. Sister organizations were soon established in Berlin, Paris, Florence, etc.
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The club's membership was distinguished from its inception and included Lady Frances Balfour and Millicent Fawcett, both well known suffragettes. Lady Balfour was the club's first chairman. Her vice chair-man was Enid Moberly Bell, daughter of Charles Frederic Moberly Bell, editor of The Times.{{cite book |last1=Douglan |first1=David |title=Women, Clubs and Assocations in Britain |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |page=54 |url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Women_Clubs_and_Associations_in_Britain/l2DnHC3ie9AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=lady+frances+balfour+lyceum+club+enid+moberly+bell&pg=PA54&printsec=frontcover |access-date=12 April 2022}} In February 1919, Fawcett represented women at the Paris Peace Conference where she was a guest at the city's Lyceum Club.{{cite book |last1=Whittick |first1=A. |title=Woman Into Citizen |date=1979 |publisher=ABC-Clio |page=70 |url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Woman_Into_Citizen/C060AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Lyceum++Club+Millicent+Fawcett&dq=Lyceum++Club+Millicent+Fawcett&printsec=frontcover |access-date=3 April 2023 |quote=...Peace Conference in Paris. 1919....Millicent Fawcett , Mrs Oliver Strachey and Rosamund Smith . The conference was held at the Lyceum Club in Paris from 10th to 16th Feb- ruary . President Wilson received delegates on the evening of the first day . Millicent Fawcett was ...}}
Countries with Lyceum Clubs
Some countries have multiple clubs{{cite web |title=Lyceum Clubs Worldwide |url=http://www.lyceumclubs.org/lyceum-clubs-worldwide/|website=International Lyceum Clubs |accessdate=18 October 2018}}
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- Australia{{cite web|url=https://www.lyceumbrisbane.org.au/other-clubs/who-we-are/|title=Lyceum Clubs in Australia|publisher=Lyceum Club Brisbane|accessdate=18 February 2020}} – Lyceum Club Adelaide · Lyceum Club BrisbanePatron: Mrs Kaye de Jersey. {{cite web|url=https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/speeches/2019/july/lyceum-club.aspx|title=Official Opening of the Lyceum Club’s New Rooms {{!}} at Lyceum CLub, Brisbane|author=His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC|publisher=Government House Queensland|date=16 July 2019|accessdate=18 February 2020|archive-date=18 February 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218180351/https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/speeches/2019/july/lyceum-club.aspx}} Since 1912 when May Paten voiced the wish to establish a chapter in Brisbane, the Club office holds the largest number of rooms to itself. · Melbourne Lyceum Club{{cite web|url=https://lyceumclubmelb.org.au/|title=Melbourne Lyceum Club|publisher=Melbourne Lyceum Club|accessdate=18 February 2020}}Scott, Margaret; Stirling, Lorna; Dore, Helen; Travers, Caroline; Chambers, Jean, et.al. "The music of Margaret Scott : a tribute". Melbourne : Lyceum Club, 1990. {{OCLC|220956566}} · Karrakatta Club Incorporated (Perth) · The Sydney Lyceum Club Inc.{{efn|The Sydney Lyceum Club Inc. was first established in 1914 as the Sydney Lyceum Club by Agnes Rose-Soley (wrote as Rose de Boheme){{cite web|url=http://www.sydneylyceum.com.au/|title=Sydney Lyceum Club|publisher=|accessdate=18 February 2020}}}}
- Austria
- Belgium
- Cyprus – Larnaca · Limassol · Nicosia · Paralimni
- Finland – Helsinki · Oulu · Turku
- France – Bordeaux · Brittany · Caen-Normandy · Dijon-Burgundy · Fontainebleau Ile de France · Grenoble · Lille · Limousin · Lyon · Marseille · Orléans · Paris · Pau-Béarn · Troyes–Champagne
- Germany – Aachen · Berlin · Frankfurt Rhein-Main · Hamburg · Karlsrube · Konstanz · Munich · Stuttgart
- Greece – Athens
- Italy – Catania · Cremona · Florence · Genoa · Naples
- Morocco
- Netherlands – Amsterdam · Groningen · Nijmegen
- New Zealand – Auckland Lyceum ClubAuckland Lyceum Club. "Auckland Lyceum Club. Golden Jubilee. Club History, 1919-1969". Auckland, N.Z. ： Auckland Lyceum Club. 1969? {{OCLC|930514848}} · Morrinsville · Otorohanga · Tauranga · Te Awamutu · Te Kuiti · Te Puke Lyceum ClubGibbons, Ena. "A history of the Te Puke Lyceum Club, 1927-1977". Te Puke, N.Z. : Jubilee Committee, 1977. {{OCLC|930514753}} · Waikato · Whakatane
- Portugal
- Russia
- Sweden
- Switzerland – Basel · Bern · Bienne · Geneva · La Chaux-de-Fonds · Lausanne · Lucerne · Locarno · Lugano · Neuchatel · St Gallen · Zurich
- United Kingdom – London · Edinburgh
- United States of America
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Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53003046k |title=30/5/17, Memorial day journée commémorative en l'honneur des soldats américains de toutes les guerres au Lyceum club :
[ photographie de presse] {{!}}[ Agence Rol] . |trans-title=Honorary visit by the U.S. officers to the Lyceum Club Paris, 30 May 1917: press photo|format=image|OCLC=764288752|website=BnF|language=fr|accessdate=18 February 2020}}. - Bomford, Janette. "Circles of Friendship: The Centenary History of the Lyceum Club Melbourne". Lyceum Club, Melbourne, 2012. {{ISBN|1=192187547X|2=9781921875472}}.
- Wilmshurst, Irene; Hawthorn, Bryony; "Memories of Hamilton and living in Nawton : an interview with Irene Wilmshurst", City Libraries, Hamilton, N.Z. (ed.). Hamilton, N.Z. : Hamilton City Libraries, 2014. CD for computer : English {{OCLC|1108146082}}
- Z. Thomas, Women Art Workers and the Arts and Crafts Movement (2020), see Chapter 1.
See also
External links
- [https://www.lyceumclubs.org/ Official page]
Footnotes
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