Bachelorette party for a pre-wedding party, "hen party" was used in the United States as a general term for an all-female gathering, usually held at a hostess's residence. In 1897, "The Deseret News" noted that a hen party was a "time honored idea that tea and chitchats, gossip smart hats, constitute the necessary adjuncts to these particular gatherings". In 1940 Eleanor Roosevelt was described as hosting a Christmas-time hen party for cabinet wives and "ladies of the press". The bachelorette party is consciously modeled after the centuries-old bachelor's party, which is itself historically a black tie dinner given by the bridegroom, or
Workers Party, USA Workers Party, USA The Workers Party is a Marxist–Leninist political party in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, the Workers Party stands on a platform of anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism, and publishes a biweekly newspaper "The Worker". The leading party member and editor of "The Worker" was Michael Thorburn until his death of liver failure on June 12, 2007. The Workers Party USA had its origin in an organization called the Marxist-Leninist Study Group, based in Chicago. Its leader was Michael Thorburn (late First Secretary of the WPUSA). Its main organ was the "Voice Against War and Imperialism". Out of