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| website = (GFWCOssoliCircle.org/ ) }} The Ossoli Circle is a women's club located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1885 as a literary society, the club is a charter member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and the first federated women's club in the South.〔Kay Baker Gaston, "(Ossoli Circle )," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2009. Retrieved: 1 November 2011.〕 Ossoli has long played an active role in obtaining economic and educational opportunities for women in Tennessee, and its members campaigned for the passage of the 19th Amendment (giving women the right to vote) in the early 1900s.〔 The club currently sponsors over two dozen projects and organizations.〔Gay Lyons, "(Ossoli Circle Celebrates its 125th Birthday )," ''Knoxnews.com'', 5 December 2010. Retrieved: 1 November 2011.〕 ==History== The Ossoli Circle was founded by women's rights activist Lizzie Crozier French (1851–1926), who had been inspired by a visit to New York's Sorosis Women's Club, a literary and book club organized in 1868.〔(Ossoli Circle History ), Ossoli Circle official website. Retrieved: 1 November 2011.〕 The first meeting was held at the East Tennessee Female Institute on November 20, 1885, with 12 of the 25 women invited by Crozier-French responding to the invitation.〔 At the suggestion of its first president, Mary Boyce Temple (1856–1929), the club was named in honor of feminist Margaret Fuller Ossoli.〔 Initially a literary society, Ossoli set as its goal the intellectual and moral development of its members.〔 Early Ossoli members included Knoxville's most educated women. Lizzie Crozier French was director of the East Tennessee Female Institute, and had been educated at the Convent of the Visitation in Washington, D.C.〔Jane Cumpler DeFiore, "(Lizzie Crozier French )," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2009. Retrieved: 1 November 2011.〕 Mary Boyce Temple was a graduate of Vassar College,〔Mary Rothrock, ''The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), p. 495.〕 and Angie Warren Perkins (1858–1921) had been a professor at Wellesley College.〔Rothrock, ''The French Broad-Holston Country, p. 466.〕 Mary Faith Floyd McAdoo (1832–1913) was a noted regional author, and Annie Booth McKinney (1855–1926) was a frequent contributor to magazines such as ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Munsey's Magazine'', and ''Vogue''.〔Rothrock, ''The French Broad-Holston Country'', p. 449.〕 In 1889, Lizzie Crozier French represented Ossoli a meeting at the Sorosis Club for the purpose of organizing the General Federation of Women's Clubs.〔 The following year, Ossoli members Mary Boyce Temple and Annie Booth McKinney attended the Federation's ratification convention.〔 Temple was chosen as the Federation's first corresponding secretary. In 1896, at Ossoli's urging, the Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs was established.〔 By this time, Ossoli's membership had grown to 75 members.〔 In the early 1890s, Ossoli turned its attention toward providing education opportunities for girls and studied the possibilities of coeducation at the state's universities.〔Jane Cunningham Croly, ''(The History of the Woman's Club Movement in America )'' (New York: Henry G. Allen & Co., 1898), pp. 1077-1080.〕 The University of Tennessee began admitting women in 1892, in part due to Crozier-French's efforts,〔Rothrock, ''The French Broad-Holston Country'', p. 310.〕 and Ossoli president Angie Warren Perkins served as U.T.'s first Dean of Women.〔 In the early 1900s, Ossoli funded traveling libraries for the region, and provided assistance to rural schools. The Circle was also instrumental in the formation of a state vocational school for girls.〔 In 1960, the Circle marked its diamond anniversary with the publication of a 268-page "History of Ossoli Circle," compiled by Mrs. E.L. Bowman. To mark the Circle's centennial in 1985, a 25-year time capsule was dedicated. This time capsule was opened at the Circle's 125th anniversary celebration in 2010.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ossoli Circle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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