Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club (Spanish: Liceo y Club de Tenis sobre Césped) was a Cuban women's cultural, social, and physical fitness organization. Founded in 1929 in Havana, its first president was the journalist, suffragist and feminist, Berta Arocena de Martínez Márquez. The society established Cuba's first free public library, first children's library, and first course of instruction for librarians.
Modeled after similar Spanish women's social organizations,[1] the Lyceum was founded in Havana by Berta Arocena, Carmen Castellanos, Dulce María Castellanos, Carmelina Guanche, Rebeca Gutiérrez, Matilde Martínez Márquez, Lillian Mederos, Reneé Méndez Capote, Sarah Méndez Capote, María Teresa Moré, Alicia Santamaría, Ofelia Tomé, and María Josefa Vidaurreta in 1929. Arocena served as the first president.[2] Similar liberal and cultural societies[3] of the period included the Union Club and the Vedado Tennis Club, which likewise predominantly consisted of Cuban members.[4]
