The organizational meeting of the Thursday Club took place at the home of Cora Belle's parents on Birch Street, a hill-top residential neighborhood of the city.
The founding members of the club were Miss Bickford, her mother Sarah, Mrs. Annie B. Cole, Mrs. Sarah Weymouth, Mrs. Anna Ricker, Miss Ella Small, Mrs. Helen Lord, Mrs. J. S. Colton, Mrs. Elisabeth Cowan, Mrs. Lucretia Small, and Miss Mary Kelley.
