 The club was an autonomous offshoot of the church and the members organised instruction in art and history as well as presenting music and presentations by leading intellectuals.Some believe that the club was spurred into self education because middle class educated women were arriving in Chilean society highlighting how-ill informed privileged women were.Perez defended different types of feminism, feminism that "awakens in the woman the right to study... the right to draw on all the skills that make an effective culture and also the right to establish personality, a feminism that is almost equivalent to the simple and important concept of being, because who is not perceived individually different between the human community has no right to be".