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What does the Woman’s Club do?

The Woman’s Club of Concord brings together women from all parts of the greater Concord area to share interests and concerns and offer a helping hand to those in need.

The Club supports a high school scholarship program for girls and a grant program for women who need a helping hand to become more self-sufficient. We fund High School Scholarships of at least $2,000 to approved applicants from Concord High School and Merrimack Valley High School, and we run the Opportunity Fund, a grant program for up to $1,500 to give a boost in education/training to help women become more self-sufficient. In particular, we provide grants to women in prison who have completed 1,500 hours of training in the prison cosmetology program. The grant covers the state testing costs and NH license fees. When they leave the prison, these women who have passed their tests, are fully state certified cosmetologists.

As a public service to our community, we run monthly programs around core interests: Community Service, The Arts, Education, Conservation, International Affairs.

Members and the public are always invited to attend these events. On the first Friday of the month, we host a social gathering at the Club called First Friday for members and their guests to meet others and share ideas, contacts, concerns and just fun conversation.

Housing in Historic Chamberlin House

Chamberlin House today: home of the Woman’s Club of Concord.

We offer housing to as many as three women in Chamberlin House. Nellie Chamberlin bequeathed Chamberlin House to the Woman’s Club of Concord in 1919 which has maintained it since then as its club house and a home for as many as three women in transition at low-rental rates.

The Woman’s Club of Concord was founded in 1893 by Mrs. Lillian Carpenter Streeter. In 1894, The WCC was one of the first clubs to join the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Horace E. and Nellie Chamberlin built the Queen Anne Shingle Style home at 44 Pleasant Street from mail order plans in 1886.

In 1982 Chamberlin House was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The Woman’s Club is a Member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), the New Hampshire General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC-NH) since 1894 and the Concord Chamber of Commerce.

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