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Description: | Soroptimist clubs are classification service clubs for professional and executive business women. They offer the same opportunities for service for wider and personal business contacts that are afforded men by Rotary, Round Table and other men's service clubs. Soroptimist clubs draws women together from widely different spheres of activity with a common desire to give service and work towards international goodwill and understanding. Offering opportunities, for a wide exchange of ideas and experience. They fund raise, donate to and support worthy causes. The fund-raising endeavour's of this society help the less fortunate and less able among the community. Initial attempts to form a Soroptimist club in 1943 failed in Dudley as attempts to find a suitable venue to cater for the meetings were unsuccessful. However, the Dudley Club was finally formed in 1948 and Chartered on 3rd February 1949. It was initiated by Miss M Lauder, a member of the West Bromwich club who called the 1st meeting 16th June 1948. The Dudley Herald Saturday 26th June reported: The first meeting of the Soroptimist Club of Dudley was held at the Station Hotel, Dudley on Wednesday week, the following officers being elected: President: Mrs Margaret Holdsworth, Vice President Mrs L Colyer, Dr. H.H Gifford - Secretary, Miss E Hardman Assistant Secretary. (Miss E Hardman: Matron of the Guest Hospital) The Dudley Soroptimist club was incorporated into the Midland Division when originally formed, but in 1975 the region was divided into two: Midland and Arden. Dudley remained in the Midland Division, but about this time, changed its title to 'The Soroptimist International of Dudley'. The depositor of these records has indicated that this branch of the Soroptimists has disbanded as they no longer meet the criteria necessary to remain open. This collection was deposited at Dudley Archives and Local History Service as Acc 9192 and catalogued December 2005. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Dudley Archives | Rights holder: | Dudley Archives | Subjects: | Organizations Women | Temporal: | 1943-1998 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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