 Founded in 1931 by Mrs. Alma Thurman, the Lyceum Club provided a Southern counterpart to the women’s club movement in the Northern United States.The Lyceum Club’s mission to explore all disciplines of the humanities paralleled the mission of the first women’s club, Sorosis, based in New York City.The Southern counterpart that the Lyceum Club provided, however, presented a new take on the usual modes of study of the humanities by specifically calling attention and recognition to Southern artists, authors, and musicians.