Let’s Bring the Meeting to Order: The Organizations and Clubs of the Women of Cokato

Revised. Johanna Ellison, "Let's Bring the Meeting to Order: The Organizations and Clubs of the Women of Cokato." In The Midst Of. Cokato Historical Society. (May, 2017) vol. 37, no. 2.

Royal Neighbors of America Kitchen Orchestra, circa 1930s.

Women in the 1890s - 1930s battled social stigmas, pegging them as physically and mentally inferior to their male counterparts. Unable to vote, most women could not hold certain jobs, or participate in sports, the majority of women were molded from birth into the role of housewife. As a result, many women found their education and skills neglected and underutilized by society.

For women seeking to unearth their buried talents, clubs provided them with an avenue to address social and political issues near to their hearts. The same was true for the women of Cokato.

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