Women's City Club

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Thanks Gnome... I knew no good would come of Matilda Rausch... when she... a Canadian commoner [[John Dodge's secretary. who married the boss) married up into the "Candlelight Supper Class". Back then breeding was of the utmost importance for ladies of distinction... and Matilda was too "dead common" for many of the socialites of that era.

Matilda was too wealthy to abide by all that snobbery, and not only built the LCC, but also the Wilson Theatre in 1928... later to be known as Music Hall. If she was snubbed by others during an evenings entertainment... she would build her own palace of entertainment...

Also this clash with the upper class helped decide to use John Dodge's farm out in Rochester, as the location of her and 2nd husband Alfred Wilson's permanent home... 110 room Meadowbrooke Hall [[largest home in Michigan)... far and away from the hoi poloi of Detroit.