Professional Woman's League of New York

Professional Woman's League
AbbreviationP.W.L.
FormationDecember 6, 1892
FounderMrs. A. M. Palmer
Headquarters1509 Broadway, New York City, New York, U.S.
Services
  • social
  • educational
  • philanthropic
Methods
  • meetings
  • classes
Fieldsprimarily, actors

Professional Woman's League (acronym, P.W.L.) was an American charitable organization in New York City, founded by Mrs. A. M. Palmer,[1][2] It was organized December 6, 1892, and incorporated February 28, 1893. By 1904, it numbered more than 500 women engaged in public pursuits, among them many of the representative actresses of England and the U.S.[3]

The aims of the league were to bring together women engaged in dramatic, musical, literary, artistic, and scientific pursuits for mutual help and encouragement, to offer pecuniary assistance when in need, to provide class instruction in literature, art, language, music, and other studies at lowest possible rates, and to assist members to obtain outfits necessary to securing employment. Active membership in the League was confined to women engaged in dramatic, musical, or literary pursuits. The dues for active and associate members alike were US$7.50 a year, and in addition, each member, upon being admitted to membership, pledged herself to contribute two articles yearly which could either be sold in the bazar or utilized in the costume department.[4]

  1. ^ O'Loughlin, R. S.; Montgomery, H. F.; Dwyer, Charles (May 1899). "Club Women and Club Life". The Delineator. Vol. LIII, no. 5. Butterick Publishing Company. p. 635. Retrieved 7 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Croly, Jane Cunningham (1898). "Professional Woman's League". The History of the Woman's Club Movement in America. H. G. Allen & Company. pp. 902–03. Retrieved 7 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Club Women of New York. Mail and Express Company. 1904. p. 62. Retrieved 7 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S LEAGUE". New International Encyclopedia. Dodd, Mead. 1916. p. 243. Retrieved 7 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.