Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Deposit stations and libraries throughout Washington County
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
wcbm310
IDEntry
8646
Creator
Elizabeth Howe
Date
2020-06
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Subject
Coverage
Washington County, Maryland
Body
The Thursday Club was an organization of women, set up in Hagerstown, Maryland, by Clara Hamilton and Anna Kennedy in 1877. One of their goals was the establishment of a public library.
Elizabeth Howe of the Western Maryland Room of the Washington County Free Library wrote this article. It was published in the Maryland Cracker Barrel magazine in Summer 2020. It is included here with permission of the publisher.