Woman's Club of Palo Alto

The official name of the club is the Woman's Club of Palo Alto, not the Women's Club of Palo Alto or Palo Alto Women's Club. By using the original name, the Woman's Club of Palo Alto, we strive to honor our historic roots and express gratitude for the intense activism of our early members. The Woman’s Club of Palo Alto originated in the 19th Century during the Woman’s Suffrage movement and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Movement. Alice Park, an active club member, worked hard for women’s rights locally and abroad and Emily Pardee Karns Dixon, twice president of the Woman's Club of Palo Alto led the successful local drive for California women’s voting rights in 1911.