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DUBUQUE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB
DUBUQUE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB. The organization was founded on January 13, 1921 as a division of the DUBUQUE FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB. On March 3, 1921, "Commonweal" was chosen as the organization's name. The goals of the group were to promote common welfare, goodness, and happiness not only of its members but of the community-at-large.
Commonweal affiliated with the national and state Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in January 1922. During 1933 the name of the organization was changed to its present form.
The organization has supported a wide-range of civic activities. The Club has paid the fees for a senior high school student to attend the summer session for speech students held at the University of Iowa. The organization also provided financial assistance to Operation Good Will through which a foreign student was sponsored, SHOT TOWER renovation, and sponsored a student to Girl Scout Camp. The Club has been involved in Civil Defense, providing toys to the Salvation Army, tours of Dubuque, and a booth at the DUBUQUE COUNTY FAIR.
The 1937 Dubuque Consurvey Directory listed the address as the Chamber of Commerce Building.