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More than a century ago, the Bee had a moredefined purpose...
During the Civil War, the women of Cambridgeformed a sewing bee--a circle of women whoconvened weekly to sew uniforms for the Unionsoldiers. Members naturally formed friendshipsover the long hours spent together working, andwhen the war ended, the group continued to meet asa book club and social outlet...
...Bee, as it came to be known, survived untilthe beginning of the century, before it wasinterrupted by the first World...
...late 1980s, a group of Harvard womendecided they wanted a female version of theall-male final clubs already on campus. Deborah E.Lipson '95, a former Bee president, says aRadcliffe alum told the budding organization ofthe Civil War group and the 14 founding membersadopted the name "the Bee...
...those days, Lipson says Bee activitiesranged from weekly coffees to an annual boozecruise with informal club lunches on the side...