1910s: Igniting The Junior League Movement

Whatever was left of the Victorian Era disappeared in the second decade of the century as the role of women in the public arena continued to strengthen. Out of the Settlement House Movement had come a new respect for social workers as professionals and women as volunteers. A band of well-trained women stood ready to assume even greater responsibility in the Progressive Era. Taking a lead from women’s organizations, youth joined the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Camp Fire Girls, and men established the Rotary Club, Kiwanis, and the American Legion. Women enjoyed greater personal freedom, but determined to be full and equal partners in society, they marched in suffrage parades and worked in war relief.