Organized in 1933, the Woman's Club of New Cumberland sought to promote mental, moral, civic, and social improvement in the home and community under the motto "Unity in Diversity." Its original 44 members first met in one another's homes and later moved to the Swaney Library after it was built in 1954. New Cumberland once had three women's clubs: the Woman's Club, the Young Woman's Club, and the Civic Club. Among the club's early projects was raising money to build the town's Community House. Over the years, members sponsored many projects, including the city's first pre-school Story Hour, kindergarten, annual House Tours, HOBY, a delegate to Girls' State, Conservation Camp, and construction of the wall along Station Hill. They also played a key role in the town's 100th anniversary celebration and its bicentennial celebration. In 1995, the club began a project to build a river walk along River Avenue downtown, raising money for an overlook that allowed visitors to enjoy a view of the river. In 2017, the club marked 84 years as a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of West Virginia and met on the first Tuesday of each month at the library. The Swaney Memorial Library, the oldest library in Hancock County, was dedicated on April 25, 1954. Built of brick in the colonial style, it overlooks the Ohio River and New Cumberland and stands as the legacy of Charles T. Swaney, a local doctor who became a steel magnate. Born in New Cumberland in 1871 to a family that owned river boats on the Ohio, Swaney began medical practice in Niles, Ohio, then left medicine to take over his brother's steel fabricating plant. After his brother died, he made a fortune from the business, which later became part of Sharon Steel. Considering New Cumberland his home and concerned for the town's young people, he created a library with meeting rooms for community use. Designed by local architect Ray Shaw, the 6,700-square-foot building received $160,000 from Swaney for construction and another $20,000 for maintenance. He died in 1950 before seeing it completed, and his estate later provided an additional $100,000. The library serves people of all ages for borrowing books, using the world-wide web, meetings, and special events. Above the charging desk hangs a mural by Robert Haworth, measuring 3 feet by 22 feet, depicting the town's history from its earliest days to 1954. Later renovations included the addition of a handicap ramp in 1993.