Description: Clean and solid; no dustjacket “HISTORY OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CLUB In 1908, when the Congressional Club was formed, Washington was a lei-surely, easy-going town. The horse-drawn carriage, with coachman in livery was the usual vehicle for polite society as it wended its way through mud-drenched streets while Congressional ladies dutifully "dropped" cards on wives of the members of official Washington. Washington was a city of exclusive social groups and cliques and the Congressional group saw very little of what was going on and enjoyed almost no social life in the Capitol. The original purpose of the Club was to establish a non-political group that would promote friendship and cordiality among the wives of the Senate and House members without the formality of social calls. Twenty five women who attended a luncheon at the home of Mrs. James Breck Perkins of New York were the pioneers of the movement, but oddly enough, it was a man who thought of it first. The casual remark of Congressman Frank O. Lowden of Illinois-later Governor of that state-"Congressional women should have a club for Congressional women" sparked the women to action. However, it was a "woman's wiles" which brought the movement to fruition.”
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Signed By: Patricia “Pat” Nixon
Book Title: The Congressional Club Cook Book
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Books
Inscribed: Yes
Publication Year: 1970
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Unknown
Personalized: Yes
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Cookbooks
Topic: Cooking
