The Internets a good resource for bringing chess players together.  I know of one chess.com member who was successful in bringing a group together from scratch.  I imagine the Internet could be quite useful not only in bringing women chess players together but in bringing more women into the sport.  Hope you see more women wood pushers @ your club soon :)     

My family lives near St. Pete. Didn't know they had a good chess club there!

A great place to start a chess club is meetup.com

I do not personally have the time to organize one (and thats probably why more aren't around). But I checked on it and there is over 30 people in this area alone looking for a chess meetup to start in the area.

I have played in the $500 Open. There were about 25 people in the tournament I played in. At the same time, my son played in the scholastic tournament right next door. He had a great time! They host both of these tournaments on the first Saturday of every month. It's a great thing to do especially if you have a school aged child who wants to get started in tournament chess. Every kid in the scholastic tourney gets either a medal or a trophy!