{"id":5267,"date":"2020-12-21T14:32:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2021-01-12T13:54:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T13:54:17","slug":"celebrating-our-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/2020\/12\/21\/celebrating-our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Soroptimist International celebrates 100 years of history in 2021.<\/h2>\n<p>As we go through the year, we will remember how our organisation came to be what it is today.<\/p>\n<h3>Before Soroptimist International began<\/h3>\n<p>2021 is fast approaching.\u00a0 Time to think about the world just before Soroptimist International started&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, women were increasingly prominent in society.\u00a0 Governments had begun to pass laws for the first time on social matters such as health.\u00a0 Women were especially interested in those subjects.\u00a0 They were also more able to continue their education \u2013 women\u2019s colleges opened in the US and UK towards the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 And many women&#8217;s clubs were set up at that time. In the US, they were just about socialising at first. Soon they were also trying to bring about social change.<\/p>\n<p>Then as now:\u00a0 the 20th century saw great upheaval during the first twenty years &#8211; back then, there was a terrible world war, followed by a pandemic called &#8216;Spanish&#8217; flu.\u00a0 For us, 2000-2020 has seen a major financial crisis followed by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>A new decade began then &#8211; just as it is for us now &#8211; with hopes of better things.\u00a0 The war and the pandemic had brought destabilisation, much sorrow, great hardship. The new decade starting in\u00a0 1921 was to bring great change &#8211; and the launching of Soroptimist International.<\/p>\n<h3>Soroptimist Day &#8211; 10 December<\/h3>\n<p><em>Since 1984, December 10th has been Soroptimist Day<\/em>.\u00a0 It is the day we donate to the Soroptimist International President&#8217;s Biennial Fund Appeal.\u00a0 Every two years, a new project is chosen.\u00a0 Details of the current project The Road to Equality, read <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/our-projects\/the-road-to-equality-si-presidents-appeal-2019-2021\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we decided to split our donation between the Biennial Fund Appeal and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/what-we-do\/our-charities\/benevolent-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Benevolent Fund<\/em><\/a> of our national Federation.\u00a0 The Benevolent Fund was planned from 1939 and launched in 1941.\u00a0 It has been helping Soroptimists in need ever since.\u00a0 When the\u00a0 idea was conceived, our country had been in the Depression of the 1930s and war had just been declared.\u00a0 There was a clear need to help our sisters.<\/p>\n<p>As we give today, we reflect on the fact that the need for the Benevolent Fund has not lessened.\u00a0 The present circumstances &#8211; a financial crisis that lingers in the memory and now a pandemic that is causing enormous hardship to many &#8211; are similar to the problems of the past.<\/p>\n<p>Follow our journey from then to now in our monthly posts and<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/members-area\/club-officers\/\"> here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soroptimist International celebrates 100 years of history in 2021. 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