In 1987, the Association admitted the first Jewish woman to membership. In 2005, the Ladies Library Association became the Randolph Women’s Club (RWC). The first black president of the Club was elected in 2008.  We welcomed sisters in the LGBTQ+ community. We commemorated the centennial of women’s right to vote with a series of events. Each year, we celebrate International Women’s Day, joining women worldwide to acknowledge the strides made and commit to the progress still ahead.

We are known as an inclusive club, welcoming the diverse community of women in Randolph and the surrounding towns. However, women with limited mobility and physical challenges have not had the same access to our beautiful House, to Club meetings, and to public events, because our 1806 house is not handicap accessible. Here is our plan to change that.

In 2010, the RWC adopted the Jonathan Belcher House Master Plan, developed by Menders, Torrey, and Spencer, Inc., an Architecture and Preservation Firm.  The first phase, exterior restoration of the House, was done in 2013 with a generous grant from the Randolph Community Preservation Committee. The second phase, creating handicap accessibility, has been awarded two grants for this work, totaling an impressive $322,000, and has submitted two additional grant requests. We need to raise a total of $595,000.