Timeline
1898
1912
1912
Member Helen Ring Robinson elected to Colorado State Senate, the first woman senator in Colorado and second woman state senator in the U.S.
1918
1918
Member Mary Florence Lathrop, newspaper reporter and lawyer, is one of the first women admitted to the American Bar Association. She was also the first woman admitted to the Colorado Bar Association and the first woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1924
1930
1930s
Member Helen Marie Black, journalist for the Rocky Mountain News and publicist for Denver Dry Goods, co-founds the Denver Symphony Orchestra. She became the first woman symphony manager in the United States, and continued in that role for over 30 years.
1945
1940s
Members join war effort as journalists and volunteers, hosting servicemen at the clubhouse and organizing war bond sales.
1970
1980
1980s
Barbara Sudler Hornby serves as president of the Colorado Historical Society (now History Colorado). Hannah Marie Wormington and Edwina Fallis inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.
1987