Sorosis Club (Defiance, Ohio) records

The minute books of the Sorosis Club, Defiance, Ohio, provide details on the subjects studied by the members and illustrate the club's emphasis on authors and literary work. Constitutions and bylaws with amendments are incorporated within the minutes as well as end of the year annual reports. Financial and membership records also are located in the minute books.

Handwritten tributes to members who have died are either recorded separately or reproduced in the minute books. Of interest are written notes in the margins of the minute books which were made by current members collecting information for an anniversary celebration.

These records provide a detailed look at local women organizing to further their education and to actively become involved in community affairs. The collection complements and expands the numerous holdings of local and regional women's clubs records held at the CAC and obtained through the Women's Studies Archives Project.