The Woman's Library Club of Glencoe (WLC) was the third women's club to be formed in Illinois and the 61st in the entire country. Organized in 1872 for "social and intellectual improvement," the Club enlarged its purpose in 1928 "to promote...the welfare of the community." The Club chose its name because it was designed to use funds paid by the members to form the nucleus of a library for Glencoe. The first Clubhouse at 654 Greenleaf Avenue, was used from 1906 until 1928. They then moved their Clubhouse to Tudor Court which was built and opened with a formal reception on Oct. 5th, 1938.
The Club re-incorporated in August 2002. The purposes for which the corporation is organized are charitable, civic and educational.
Our current home is in the beautiful Writer's Theatre which was built on the same land as the Clubhouse on Tudor Court.
Senior Advisory Committee-Bylaws: Becky Neave Judy Foyer Phillips Roberta Olshansky Heritage History Committee: Sandy Scheckelhoff Judy Phillips | Woman of the Year 2018: Judy Foyer Philips 1989: Becky Neave 1990: Carol Zaleski 1991: Judy Rosauer 1992: Annette Rasmus 1998: Sharon King 1999: Jay Freedman 2003: Peg Malloy 2004: Ellie Spring 2007: Dottie Caspersen 2008: Roberta Olshansky 2009: Rae Fritz 2013: Wendy Serrino 2018: Judy Foyer Philips Saxby Award Winners: 2018: Jennifer Parkinson 1973: Dorothy Caspersen 1974: Caryl Eliot & Ruth Nelson 1975: Sue Munitz 1976: Marcia Schellenberh 1977: Peggy Dean 1978: Jeannie Beecher & Judy Matthews 1979: Barbara Bradley 1980: Janice Gemp 1981: Judy Disher 1982: Louise Leetch 1983: Liz Johnson 1984: Dona Lowrimore 1985: Peg Malloy 1986: Becky Neave 1987: Roxie Smith & Carole Weil 1988: Marian Newhall & Sandy Scheckelhoff 1989: Dorthy Fosse 1990: Priscilla Chapin 1991: Carolyn Romane 1992: Piri Niefield 1993: Judy Rosauer 1994: Dorothy Campfield 1995: Annette Rasmus & Ellie Spring 1996: Margaret Moyer 1997: Nancy Solon 1998: Simone Wysockey & Marilyn Black 1999: Marie Folds & Betty Fitzgerald 2000: Nancy MacLean 2001: Jean Howlett 2002: June Hoeter 2003: Ellie Pagano 2004: Betsy Johnston 2005: Linda Weickert 2006: Maria Rigolin 2007: Doris McAuliffe 2008: Carol Kane 2009: Sharon King 2010: Nancy King 2011: Jean Skrak 2012: Fran Dyra 2013: Rae Fritz 2014: Rose Walsh 2015: Judy Foyer Phillips 2016: Diane Dorn 2017: Roberta Olshansky 2018: Jennifer Parkinson Former Presidents: 1874-79 Ms Annie Nutt 1879-80 Mrs S T Lockwood 1879-80 Mrs George Ligare 1880-81 Ms Annie Nutt 1881-82 Ms Eliza Gilmore 1882-1896 Ms Annie Nutt 1896-97 Ms Jeannie Hurford 1900-02 Mrs Charles Howard 1902-03 Mrs J H Winslow 1903-04 Mrs W Wilmarth 1904-06 Ms Jeannie Hurford 1906-07 Mrs Andrew MacLeish 1907-10 Mrs Gerry Taylor 1910-11 Mrs Arthur Bennett 1911-12 Mrs Charles Howard 1912-14 Mrs George Pope 1914-15 Mrs Allen Mills 1915-16 Mrs Harry Boardman 1916-18 Mrs Alfred Washington 1918-20 Mrs Dwight Orcutt 1920-22 Mrs Henry Brigham 1922-24 Mrs Albert Olson 1924-26 Mrs William Fox 1926-27 Mrs Andrew MacLeish Afternoon Group: Evening Group: 1927-30 Mrs Ivor Jeffreys 1927-28 Mrs Karl King 1930-33 Mrs Walter Hughes 1928-29 Mary Penfield 1933-34 Mrs Howard Spurgeon 1929-30 Ms Betty Nilson 1934-36 Mrs George Heidman 1930-31 Ms Louise Jeffrey 1936-38 Ms Olivia Loyd 1931-32 Mrs C H Eklund 1938-40 Mrs Warner Nelson 1933-34 Ms Helen Taylor 1940-42 Mrs Charles Steele 1934-35 Mrs Walter Hoffman 1942-44 Ms Marian Newhall 1935-36 Ms Kathryn Adams 1944-46 Ms Olive Pickard 1936-38 Ms June Nelson 1946-48 Mrs James Nanee 1938-40 Mrs Harry Treichel 1948-50 Mrs Curt Heinfelden 1940-42 Lotta Stern 1950-52 Ms Edna Shelton 1942-44 Mrs Sheldon Vanzwoll 1952-54 Ms Janet Lowell 1944-45 Mrs Douglas Loper 1954-56 Ms Cornelia Wheeler 1945-46 Mrs George Welch 1956-58 Elinor King 1946-47 Mrs William Cook 1958-60 Dariel Eklund 1947-48 Mrs Lewis Snavely 1960-62 Sally Barr 1948-50 Mrs James Calhoun 1962-64 Jane Thorsen 1950-51 Mrs Charles Lyall 1964-66 Sabra Andrews 1951-53 Mrs Robert Javore 1966-68 Carolyn Romane 1953-54 Mrs Eugene Eldridge 1968-70 Patricia Bradley 1954-56 Mrs Lewis Taylor 1970-72 Marjorie Thulin 1956-58 Elsie Conant 1972-74 Mary Jackson 1958-59 Virginia Shropshire 1974-78 Piri Niefeld 1959-60 Clare Lehman 1978-81 Joan Constantine 1960-61 Mary Serene Saxby 1981-83 Marilyn Black 1962-64 Rachel Bischoff 1983-85 Priscilla Chapin 1964-66 Ann Maher 1985-87 Caryl Eliot 1966-68 Ruth Nelson 1968-70 Merlita Hanrahan 1970-72 Caryl Eliot 1972-74 Marcia Schellenberg 1974-76 Susan Baxter Blum 1976-78 Dorothy Caspersen 1978-80 Paula Hermes 1980-82 Judy Rosauer 1982-84 Dona Lowrimore 1984-86 Margaret Moyer 1986-87 Sandy Scheckelhoff Afternoon/Evening Merged: 1987-88 Sandy Scheckelhoff 1988-90 Fay Levy 1990-92 Margaret Moyer 1992-94 Annette Rasmus 1994-96 Simonne Wysockey 1996-00 Nancy Solon 2000-02 Sue McCandless 2002-11 Peg Malloy 2011-13 Roberta Olshansky 2013-15 Peg Malloy 2015-17 Maxine Retsky Co-Presidents 2017-2018 Sandy Scheckelhoff & Jennifer Parkinson 2018 Jennifer Parkinson |