By Michele Smith
The Times
Honoring Dayton's Founding Mother
Elizabeth Forrest Day Club has been active in Dayton for over 100 yrs.
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Gravestone of Elizabeth Forrest Day in the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery near Dayton.
DAYTON-There is a wealth of material in possession of the Elizabeth Forest Day Club about that women's civic and educational organization, and much more in the Dayton Public Library about the town's founding mother, for which the club is named.
In 1913, the Draper Club was formed by local women for the purpose of promoting civic and educational activities.
Meetings were held in individual homes, and membership was by subscription to ten-volume sets of "Draper's Self Culture" books, which covered topics like poetry, music, fine arts, and drama.
A program was always given at those meetings, a...
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