Glendale Woman’s Club-Clubhouse Rentals

1st President of the GFWC Glendale Woman's Club was Elizabeth Lettie Mossman Jack. Lettie, a schoolteacher, arrived in Glendale in early 1897 to teach at Jefferson School for $50 a month. She met her future husband while helping the Ladies Aid Society of the First Methodist Church one Saturday afternoon. They were selling ice cream in a real estate office to raise money to build a church. She married E.E. Jack in 1901. Jack had come to town to take over management of Samuel Bartlett’s Rancho del Higo. Lettie gave up teaching to raise four children and work on the family's ranch. The town’s life became an integral part of Lettie’s life. She was once quoted as saying “We must try to make Glendale a splendid city in which people want to live.” First organized in 1901 as a “Self Culture Club”, the primary aim was self-improvement from a literary standpoint. Originally a study club, members played an important role in the social and cultural development in Glendale. One of the primary concerns was the establishment of the town park and library. When asked why did you fight for the park and library? She simply said "because we needed it."