The 164-year-old Century Association in Midtown Manhattan, the country’s pre-eminent club of arts and letters, trumpets itself as a sanctuary for civilized discussion of literature, music and theater. Its membership is embroiled over whether it should sever ties with a prestigious, all-male club in London, called the Garrick Club, that allows women to enter only in the company of men.
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