The Lanam Club in Andover

The Lanam Club in Andover recalls a time when adults dressed elegantly for dinner, children in short pants and pinafores gleefully slid down ornate banisters, and men and women socialized separately after dinner. Many of the private social club’s rules have been relaxed since it was founded in 1957—when it first opened its doors, it was a club for men only. But change comes slowly. When Lisa Ann Myers, secretary of the club’s board of directors, joined in 1997, female members were still fairly uncommon. Even then, most of the women seen at the club were wives of members. These days, female members are commonplace, but a d

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