Happenings at the Portland Women's Club Clubhouse
The Clubhouse Hosted PWC Business and Public Events
Dilg explains how the clubhouse for the Portland Women's Club (PWC), built in 1922, served many purposes for the organization. Most notably, the clubhouse served as the place for PWC officers and members to conduct club business. Other times, lectures and entertainment open to the public, were held here as well.
As Told By...
Jan Dilg
Adjunct Instructor
Portland State University
Website: Century of Action: Oregon Women Vote, 1912-2012
Janice Dilg grew up in the original Northwest—Ohio—and moved to the New Northwest—Oregon—in 1977. After apprenticing for 3 years, she became a journeywoman cabinetmaker and woodworker for a decade. In 2001, she earned an MA in history from Portland State University, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest, women’s history, oral history, and legal history. Janice was the Project Director for the Century of Action: Oregon Women Vote, 1912-2012, teaches the Monumental Women Senior Capstone at PSU, and is the oral historian for the U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society Oral History Project. She was a founding member of the Oregon Women’s History Consortium, and the Northwest History Network, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of both organizations.
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