Benevie

The Ladies Benevolent Society ("Benevie"), the oldest organization of women, was founded in 1831 by the wives of the Phillips Academy and Seminary faculty. Thier main function was to sew for the poor in Andover. During World War 1 they produced goods for the soldiers overseas and connected with the Andover Red Cross which had the means to ship the items. Harriet Beecher Stowe was a member.

They sponsored the "Handsprings Arts and Craft Show and published a The Andover Cookbook and the Andover Cookbook II.

For more information on Benevie, call Phillips Academy at 978-749-4000. The club functioned until February 1997.

See

• Andover Cookbook II,(641.5 Phi) (Memorial Hall Library no longer owns the original Andover Cookbook.)
• Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 47.