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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not join Junior League because of its history as a racist, classist, exclusionary organization. I am white and from the south and would not want to be associated with it. Sort of like being a member of the DAR.

That said, I have heard that the DC chapter takes just about anybody. It is a huge pain the ass to be a member of Junior League. It is sort of like rushing a sorority in the sense you have all these mandatory meetings and obligations you have to do. It was invented by and for women who stayed home and had full-time maids. If you're busy with a full-time job and kids etc., I would not join Junior League. Unless you want to be really busy doing mandatory things like planning a Christmas party, organizing the clothing drive, etc., and having very little say over your schedule.[/quote]

You know how I can tell you aren't a member of the Junior League?  Hint - You have no idea what you are talking about.  Most of the women I know through the JL work full time outside the home.[/quote]

I wasn't talking about the current population. I was talking about who founded it. Many of the same rules and obligations are from the days when everyone who was in it stayed at home and had full-time maids. They needed something to do with their time. Now the same demands are placed on women who have far more things to do with their time. I know this because I have a sister and other friends in Junior League. They "have" to spend their time doing stuff like selling cookbooks for jl. Personally I would not want to spend my time doing this, and I think women complicate their lives by signing up for these sorts of obligations and then complain about how hectic their lives are. So me, personally, no I would not do jl. I don't want some 45 year old former sorority girl demanding that I spent four hours on Saturday afternoon selling cookbooks when I could be with my kids. I'm just warning the original poster, in case she thinks this is just an informal volunteering organization, which is not. It comes with a lot of rules and obligations.[/quote]

I can't speak to the obligations of JLW, but I have never ONCE been asked to spend an afternoon selling cookbooks for JLNV.  We have a mandatory amount of hours we are supposed to volunteer during the entire year, but it is rather small and can be knocked out with maybe 3 or 4 events through the year.  You have to serve on a committee - some take a lot more time than others, but the one I am on this year takes very little of my time and we mostly do meetings over the phone once per month.  I could actually tell you the exact demographics of our League as I happen to be privy to that information, but I will just leave it at the League I am in is NOTHING like the ones you describe.  Our members are overwhelmingly working full-time and many have families and manage to balance it all.  Lots of us even do it because we want to do good things in our community, which includes our families.[/quote]

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