
June 2021 – 100 years – Women’s health – Suffragette – Queen’s Award – Woking – Period dignity – Women in prison
100 years of Soroptimism 1971-1981 Soroptimist Movement The main event of the decade was the chartering of the Woking Club in 1976! Surrey had several Soroptimist International Clubs by the 1970s – in Reigate, Epsom, Kingston, Elmbridge, Guildford…. For several Guildford members, Woking was a better place to meet. So they began to look for additional members and a suitable meeting venue in 1975. For a brand new Club, a brand new venue: Centre Halls, part of the extensive redevelopment of Woking in the early 1970s (photo: Surrey Advertiser Archive). The new club was formally chartered in April 1976. Sheila Jerred was elected first President during the Chartering Ceremony and wore the newly-created chain of office. Another new tradition: a blue tablecloth embroidered with the names of all members – which we still do today. Woking was not the only place to start