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Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club (1929–39: Lyceum) 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.

Early history

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^[2] of the period included the Union Club and the Vedado Tennis Club, which likewise predominantly consisted of Cuban members.^[3]

Merger

In 1939, Lyceum merged with "Tennis de Señoritas" and was renamed the Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club. The organization's concentration included "education, public service, art, music, and democratic organization".^[4] It published a monthly magazine, Revista Lyceum, of which Mirta Aguirre served as assistant editor-in-chief.^[5] The Lyceum founded the country's first free public library and Cuba's first children's library,^[2] as well as offering the first librarian training class.^[6] The Lyceum also hosted notable art events in its exhibition hall, such as that of Pablo Picasso in 1942.^[7]

Dissolution and legacy

The government of Fidel Castro disbanded the society in 1968 and many of its members were exiled to other countries.^[8] The Cuban Women's Club (1968-), formed in Miami, Florida, US, is modeled after the Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club.^[9]

References

1. ^Stoner (2000), p. 80
2. ^{{cite book|last=Wedgeworth|first=Robert|title=World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSFu99FCJwQC&pg=PA235|date=January 1993|publisher=American Library Association|isbn=978-0-8389-0609-5|page=235}}
3. ^{{cite book|last1=Scarpaci|first1=Joseph L.|last2=Segre|first2=Roberto|last3=Coyula|first3=Mario|title=Havana: Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9efP7_A_j3EC&pg=PA109|year=2002|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=978-0-8078-5369-6|page=109}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Stoner|first1=K. Lynn|last2=Pérez|first2=Luís Hipólito Serrano|title=Cuban and Cuban-American Women: An Annotated Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tn8s-vvxanoC&pg=PA80|date=January 2000|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8420-2643-7|page=80}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Feeney|first=Megan J.|title=Hollywood in Havana: Film Reception and Revolutionary Nationalism in Cuba Before 1959|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cjUuEhV1skC&pg=PA209|year=2008|publisher=ProQuest|isbn=978-0-549-80869-5|page=209}}
6. ^{{cite book|last=Quinn|first=Mary Ellen|title=Historical Dictionary of Librarianship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1saWAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91|date=8 May 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-8108-7545-6|page=91}}
7. ^{{cite book|last1=Carpentier|first1=Alejo|last2=Acosta|first2=Luz Merino|title=A puertas abiertas: textos críticos sobre arte español|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HgraqtMOBcAC&pg=PA245|date=January 2004|publisher=Universidad Santiago de Compostela|language=Spanish|isbn=978-84-9750-277-1|page=245}}
8. ^¹²{{cite web|title=Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club (1929–1986)|url=http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/?p=creators/creator&id=284|publisher=University of Miami Libraries|accessdate=28 November 2014}}
9. ^{{cite book|last1=Ruiz|first1=Vicki L.|last2=Korrol|first2=Virginia Sánchez|title=Latinas in the United States, set: A Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_62IjQ-XQScC&pg=PA183|date=3 May 2006|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-11169-2|page=183}}