Every year on April 24, the over 3,000 clubs that make up GFWC remember the day in 1890 that made all of this possible. In 1890, 22 years after Jane Cunningham Croly was denied entrance to a lecture featuring Charles Dickens, 63 clubs gathered in New York City and officially formed GFWC. Without Jane Cunningham Croly, clubwomen wouldn’t have the opportunity to come together in sisterhood and service.

A Proclamation on Behalf of the People of the City of Knoxville by Her Honor The Mayor Indya Kincannon to publicly recognize General Federation of Women’s Clubs was presented to GFWC of TN Ossoli Circle which proclaimed April 24, 2020 GFWC Day in Knoxville.  View the proclamation.

Several of our Ossoli Circle members joined in on the celebration. Two Sunshine Yellow Knockout Rose bushes were planted in front of the Ossoli Circle clubhouse on Friday, April 24, 2020.