When Charles Dickens banned women from dinner, FDR forced Japanese Americans into Internment Camps, and symbolic Civil Rights Legislation was in peril, Women's Social Clubs were the solution. Get to know clubwomen of yore, who were so much more than the white-gloved-ladies-who-lunch that they've been reduced to. Thanks to our presenting sponsor SAP. To learn more, visit www.sap.com/womenforward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices