 The Florida land boom in 1919 and the increasing political awakening of women in Florida from 1890 to 1920  during the Progressive Era  paved the way for women to become more socially active.The Woman’s Club succeeded the Town Improvement Society and in many areas picked up where they left off.Their Library Committee, Cemetery Committee, Juvenile Dancing Class, Education Committee, music committees and welfare committees ensured that within four years of the founding of the Sarasota Woman’s Club, they became a social center.