From left to right: the Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue, the Chilton Club on Dartmouth Street, the Somerset Club on Beacon Street, and the Union Club on Park Street in Boston.
Debate anew on policies of exclusion
Clover Club episode rekindles talk of rights, discrimination
From left to right: the Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue, the Chilton Club on Dartmouth Street, the Somerset Club on Beacon Street, and the Union Club on Park Street in Boston.
Decades have passed since a group of crusading women battled the city’s many all-male social clubs and venues, forcing establishments from the St. Botolph Club to Locke-Ober to allow women through their doors. (Full article: 1224 words)
This article is available in our archives:
Globe Subscribers
FREE for subscribers
Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.
Not a subscriber?
Non-Subscribers
Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More
- $4.95 1 article
- $9.95 4 articles
- $25.95 Monthly
