Hoping some of the North Americans on the flist might know

Is there a US equivalent of the Women's Institute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Institutes). In short, they're an association of village-based groups where ladies of a certain age (although they swear they're open to all ages) do voluntary work and keep themselves amused. I'm after something that would have been around in the 40s and 50s.

Fic - Better Things (1/1)

Title: Better Things
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine; they belong to TNA Impact Wrestling and themselves. No money is being made from this piece of fiction. It bears no resemblance to real life.
Fandom: TNA wrestling
Characters: James Storm, Bobby Roode, Chris Harris
Rating/Genre/etc: PG-12 gen fic.
Spoilers: For the month after Bound For Glory 2011.
Summary: This is not history repeating.

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( The sweat of his fury was drying now, and James was starting to regret the damage he'd done to the lockers. )