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Milwaukee Curling Club

Milwaukee Curling Club

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The Milwaukee Curling Club, now based in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, is the longest continually operating curling club in the United States. It was founded in Milwaukee in 1845[1] by Scots emigrants, including Alexander Mitchell (later elected "patron" of the Grand National Curling Club).[2] In 1947, a member indicated to Bernie Roth that a women's curling club was needed because women could only play if their husbands were members; in 1949 she established the Milwaukee Kilties.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Gidley, John M. Curling Superiority!: A History of Superior Wisconsin's Championship Curling. Superior, Wisconsin: Savage Press, 2000; p. 21
  2. [2]
    Kerr, John. The History of Curling and Fifty Years of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1890; p. 343
  3. [3]
    Bergstrom, Adam (August 16, 2004). "Roth embraced women's curling" (PDF). Milwaukie Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 4, 2021.

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