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From the New England Woman's Club and it cousin Sorosis, founded a month later in New York, has grown the great network of clubs which, like a beneficent railway system of thought and good-will, penetrates every nook and corner of this country.
Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Maud Howe Elliott 1915
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Their exclusion from the celebrated event led them to express their resentment by organizing a club of their own which they called the "Sorosis".
The Organized Work of Women in One State. From The Journal of Social Forces 1, no. 1 (November 1922): 50-55; no. 2 (January 1923): 173-177; no. 5 (September 1923): 613-615. Nellie Roberson 1923
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"Sorosis" has celebrated its "quarter-centennial," and the record of its successful work for the development and enfranchisement of women is known to all thoughtful minds throughout the world.
Address Before The Second Biennial Convention Of The World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union 1893
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Miss Anthony gave a large amount of time to the cause of workingwomen, taught them how to organize among themselves, stirred up the newspapers to speak in their behalf, and interested in them many prominent women and also "Sorosis," that famous club, which had just been formed.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Ida Husted Harper 1891
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Mrs. Dallas, who lives in New York City, is a regular correspondent of the New York _Ledger_, having taken Fanny Fern's place on that widely circulated paper, is a prominent member of "Sorosis," and her Tuesday evening receptions draw about her some of the brightest society of that cosmopolitan centre.
The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Kate Sanborn 1878
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THE present condition of thousands of women, in all countries, prompts the wish that organizations such as Sorosis, and other Women's Clubs be deeply in earnest in their efforts for benefiting women.
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THE present condition of thousands of women, in all countries, prompts the wish that organizations such as Sorosis, and other Women's Clubs be deeply in earnest in their efforts for benefiting women.
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Edgar3 (America is suffering from "Sorosis" of the Presidency)
Latest Articles 2009
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At a meeting of the Sorosis Club at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, the students had hoped that Alcott would make a speech.
Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010
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Through Sorosis she became friendly with such socially prominent women as suffragist Lillie Deveraux Blake.
Esther Herrman. 2009
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