{"id":10,"date":"2009-06-03T13:10:52","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T12:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.co.uk\/dublin\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2009-06-03T13:10:52","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T12:10:52","slug":"history-of-the-soroptimist-club-of-dublin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/dublin\/about-our-club\/history-of-the-soroptimist-club-of-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the Soroptimist Club of Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Soroptimist Club of Dublin was chartered in 1938 by the Belfast Club, thus becoming the second Club in Ireland.\u00a0 At the time of the Charter Dinner in 1939 there were 24 members.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/dublin\/files\/2009\/06\/img0372-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" \/>The founder president was Prof Agnes O&#8217;Farrelly M.A.\u00a0 Other interesting presidents include Miss Lillian 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