{"id":4620,"date":"2020-04-19T12:04:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T11:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/?page_id=4620"},"modified":"2020-11-26T12:14:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T11:14:07","slug":"edith-glanville-founder-president-of-1st-club-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/the-history-of-soroptimist-international\/edith-glanville-founder-president-of-1st-club-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Edith Glanville &#8211; Founder President of 1st Club in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Soroptimist International South West Pacific \u2013\u00a04th Federation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/edith-glanville-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7656\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/edith-glanville-2-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/edith-glanville-2-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/edith-glanville-2.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>Australia, and the South West Pacific<\/strong>\u00a0was <strong>Soroptimist International Sydney\u00a0<\/strong>who received its charter in\u00a0<strong>1937<\/strong>\u00a0Founder President\u00a0<strong>Edith Glanville\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Edith Glanville (1871- 1966)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Edith<\/strong>\u00a0was a cookery teacher.\u00a0She married in 1894 and bore two sons, the elder of whom was killed in action at Gallipoli on Anzac Day in 1915. Unable to recover from the shock of her son&#8217;s death, Edith became interested in the establishment of world peace, believing this could be achieved through greater understanding between peoples of the world.<\/p>\n<p>In 1926 she was appointed\u00a0<strong>Liaison Officer<\/strong>\u00a0between the\u00a0<strong>League of Nations (the precursor to the UN)<\/strong>\u00a0and the Near East Relief Organisation. For the next ten years she travelled extensively in the Middle East, investigating conditions under which many refugees, especially women and children were forced to live.<\/p>\n<p>In 1934, in recognition of the work she had done for women in the Middle East, Edith was appointed\u00a0<strong>Vice President of the Oriental Women&#8217;s Conference in Damascus,<\/strong>\u00a0the first European woman to hold this office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4622\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/SI-Sydney-8th-Charter-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/SI-Sydney-8th-Charter-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/SI-Sydney-8th-Charter.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Visiting an International Conference of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quota_International\">Quota Clubs<\/a>\u00a0in America, Edith came into contact with a Soroptimist. Impressed by what she had learned, on arrival in England she made contact with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/the-history-of-soroptimist-international\/elizabeth-hates-first-international-liaison-secretary\/\">Elizabeth Hawes<\/a>\u00a0a member of the Greater London Club and the first International Liaison Secretary of Soroptimist International. They worked together to expand\u00a0<strong>Soroptimist International into Australia<\/strong>. In 1937 the first Soroptimist Club was launched in Sydney, Australia. Edith was elected as its\u00a0<strong>Founder President<\/strong>\u00a0and remained in that role until 1945<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Federation of Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI)<\/strong>\u00a0claimed this fledgling club. World War II added confusion to the operation of the club, as contact with the British Federation was severely hampered.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years more clubs were formed in the SW Pacific and in 1973 SIGBI held it&#8217;s conference in Sydney, allowing many Soroptimists from Australia, New Zealand and Fiji to attend.<\/p>\n<p>It was not until\u00a0<strong>1978 that\u00a0the 4th Federation \u2013 Soroptimist International of the South West Pacific<\/strong>\u00a0was formed, what a joyous occasion this was. \u00a0The inauguration ceremony of the Federation of the South West Pacific was held in Adelaide at Easter in 1978, such a great moment when SI President Hilda Richardson handed over the Charter of the Federation of the South West Pacific to Her Excellency, Maris King and invested her with the Insignia of SISWP \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siswp.org\/who-we-are\/our-beginnings.html\">Read more about the History of SISWP here<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Soroptimist International South West Pacific \u2013\u00a04th Federation Australia, and the South West Pacific\u00a0was Soroptimist&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":0,"parent":67,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4620","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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