- published: 07 Dec 2012
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Women’s clubs, also known as woman's clubs, first arose in the United States during the post-Civil War period, in both the North and the South. As a result of increased leisure time due to modern household advances, middle-class women had more time to engage in intellectual pursuits. They established numerous women’s clubs, many with a primary function of "study clubs and reading circles". They also frequently supported social welfare goals, such as building of schools, public libraries and hospitals. They founded 75-80 percent of the libraries in communities across the nation. These clubs were an integral part of a cultural building of institutions that occurred around the years 1870-1930 throughout the United States. It led to the formation of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC).
A large number of women's club buildings were built. Of these, quite a few survive and many are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their social significance. See List of women's club buildings.
Come join the party, come on get up off your seat
Doesn't matter who you are we all dance to the same beat
Come put your hands together, shake your little feet
Way-e-ayio (way-e-ayio)
Buenos tiempo - with these friends of mine
Buenos tiempo - we have good times
Buenos tiempo - it can't get no higher
Buenos tiempo - thru' the streets of fire
And once you've started up you're gonna dance until you drop
It's a feel good thing - it's an S Club thing
And when the rhythm hits you you'll never wanna stop
It's a feel good thing - It's an S Club thing
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
It's a feel good thing
Now you're in the party mood, there's no turning back
Just let yourself go and you'll be on the right track
Every boy and every girl, holding hands around the world
Away-io (way-e-ayio)
Buenos tiempo - with these friends of mine
Buenos tiempo - we have good times
Buenos tiempo - it can't get no higher
Buenos tiempo - thru' the streets of fire
And once you've started up you're gonna dance until you drop
It's a feel good thing - it's an S Club thing
And when the rhythm hits you you'll never wanna stop
It's a feel good thing - It's an S Club thing
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Thru' the streets of fire
And once you've started up you're gonna dance until you drop
It's a feel good thing - it's an S Club thing
And when the rhythm hits you you'll never wanna stop
It's a feel good thing - It's an S Club thing