"Woman's influence in Rotary will be like the scented flame of the alabaster lamp, filling the organization with the light of their benign influence, and warmth of their charming cordiality." Jean Harris Wife of Paul Harris courtesy of "Rotary Global History Fellowship" The Rotarian Magazine, May 1913."
A few other interesting facts from the “Women in Rotary Website”
Women in Rotary – A Potted History (Excerpts)
(Compiled and written by Norm Winterbottom, a Rotarian in New Zealand)
"Despite the rejection of women as members and the ratification of women only rotary clubs, the Minneapolis Women's Rotary was incorporated in 1912 as a stand-alone, women-only, rotary club that continues to this date." (Jan Jordet the president of this club when Winterbottom wrote this article and added this in)
in May 1921, Alwilda F Harvey the wife of the Chicago Club president convened a luncheon meeting of 59 women who formed “Women of Rotary.” The Board of RI rejected that name so it was changed to “The Women of the Rotary Club of Chicago.”
In England, on 15 May1923, the Manchester Club proposed “The Formation of a Ladies’ Rotary Club in Manchester.” The proposal was lost, but instead, the first Inner Wheel Club was formed with Mrs Margarette Golding as president.
In 1940, Edwina Yearian Nicholls attended many meetings of the Salmon, Idaho club after taking control of her late husband’s Ford dealership, although she did not become a member.
In 1950, at the Detroit Convention, the Ahmedabad Club of India proposed that the word “male” be dropped from Article III of the Standard Club Constitution.:
A Timeline from the RRI Website:
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