West Des Moines Women's Club disbands after 90 years. (Des Moines Register, 5/27/2011)
Excerpt: An organization that quietly changed its community for the better has called it quits after 90 years.
The members of the West Des Moines Women's Club met for the last time May 19 to celebrate nearly a century of good works, but the gathering was bittersweet.
Group leaders had been unsuccessful in their attempts to recruit younger members. After some soul-searching, they decided to hold the club's final meeting this spring.
"Most of us are in our 70s and 80s now," said president Wynanda Ferguson, 77. "Almost everyone has been an officer."
Check out the history of your public library. There's a good chance that a women's club was there at the creation.
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