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History Home SECTION HOME Women in Rotary  COORDINATOR NEEDED HISTORY CALENDAR
ABOUT 1st CLUB PRES. 1ST DG'S 1ST TRUSTEE 1ST DIRECTOR 1ST PRESIDENT
LEGAL ISSUES EARLY HISTORY FAMOUS WOMEN ROTARY ANN JEAN THOMSON HARRIS TIMELINE
Inner Wheel Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland  DISCUSSION UPDATES WHAT'S NEW?
March 1935 Jean and Paul visit Brisbane, Australia
Jean represents Rotary and Chicago Jean, interviewed in The Courier newspaper in Brisbane. About her activities in Chicago, and a group she calls "Women in Rotary." Jean talks about their friendship garden, Inner Wheel and other volunteer work.

Jean visits Brisbane, Australia. In a newspaper interview, in 1935, she tells of belonging to "Women in Rotary," a Chicago organization with a membership of 150 women.

Details of a tea. An afternoon tea. Acknowledgments  

Our thanks to Heritage Planning "Consultants, Basil T. Veal; Carolyn Nolan, History Consultant and Dr. Keith Watts 2001-02 president Rotary Club of Brisbane for their efforts in obtaining this important information which is now part of the history of Brisbane and www.rotaryfirst100.org and other portions of our project.

 
 

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