Club History

The Woman’s Club of the Harpers Ferry District was established June 19, 1915. The founding club motto, “Get together, work together,” still applies today!

Our mission is to serve the community, to educate ourselves about local issues, and to make good friends in the process. Our charter members held their meetings in the Home Economics Department of the old C.W. Shipley School on Washington Street, before moving into the present clubhouse a few years later, just across the street.

Those ladies started the first library in Harpers Ferry; the original library bookcase is still a fixture in our clubhouse. Those ladies rolled bandages for soldiers in wartime, and we continue to honor our veterans today. The club had the privilege of recognizing three octogenarian “Rosie [the] Riveters” on Labor Day 2017.

We are proud to have been instrumental in establishing the local Children’s Park on Washington Street and in rebuilding the hardscape around the historic town gazebo/bandstand in 2018. Membership dues and our fundraising activities support many local causes, including the Friendship Fire Company, Bolivar-Harpers Ferry Library, Harpers Ferry/Bolivar District Veterans’ Association, Harpers Ferry Park Association, Cause For Paws no-kill animal sanctuary, our local public schools, and a number of the county non-profit agencies that serve our residents.

Our Carrie Schilling Scholarship is given annually to a deserving high school senior living within the Harpers Ferry zip code. A warm Thank You for supporting our club and helping to carry on its traditions!

In 2024, the Club voted to change its name to the Harpers Ferry Women’s Club.