Era Club of New Orleans

Not to be confused with Woman's Era Club.

The Era Club of New Orleans was a woman's club in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was one of the largest woman's clubs in the southern United States.^[1] The club did charitable works, advocated for reform and for women's suffrage.

History

The Era Club was founded in 1896 by Evelyn W. Ordway and was affiliated with the Portia Club.^[2] The name was really an acronym, standing for the "Equal Rights for All."^[3] The Era Club worked for women's suffrage in Louisiana and also towards improvements in education, sanitation and other civic matters.^[4] The club also raised money for charities and was involved in campaigning against child labor.^[5] The Era Club was also the only organization in New Orleans advocating for women's suffrage between 1900 and 1913.^[5]

Notable members

• Elizabeth Bass^[6]
• Jean Gordon^[7]
• Kate M. Gordon, served as president^[8]
• Dr. Sara T. Mayo^[9]
• Evelyn Walton Ordway

References

1. Segrave, Kerry (2016). The Hatpin Menace: American Women Armed and Fashionable, 1887–1920. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 169. ISBN 9781476622170.
2. "Clubs and Kindred Organizations". Historical New Orleans. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
3. Smith, Armantine (Winter 2002). "The History of the Woman's Suffrage Movement in Louisiana". Louisiana Law Review. 62 (2): 538.
4. "Women to Vote in New Orleans". Woman's Column. Vol. 11, no. 2. 28 January 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
5. McConnaughy, Corrine M. (2013). The Woman Suffrage Movement in America: A Reassessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 180. ISBN 9781107013667.
6. "Era Club's Year Closes". The Times-Democrat. 28 May 1905. Retrieved 2018-03-31 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Shepherd, Samuel C. (2005). "In Pursuit of Louisiana Progressives". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 46 (4): 396. JSTOR 4234136.
8. Harper, Ida Husted, ed. (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 5. National American Woman Suffrage Association. p. 17.
9. "Dr. Sara Mayo – City Council Street Renaming Commission". Retrieved 2021-05-12.