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Over Eighty-five Years of Achievement
When Dean Virginia Gildersleeve, Professor Caroline Spurgeon and Rose Sidgewick sat together in 1918 and conceived the idea of a worldwide organization uniting university women, they were convinced that by fostering friendship and understanding, women graduates could help prevent another catastrophe such as the world war that had just ended. Their dream became reality the next year when university women from Great Britain, Canada and the United States met to lay the foundation for IFUW. Over eighty years later, more than 170,000 women graduates throughout the world share the same principles and vision that inspired those early leaders.
IFUW 1919-2000
IFUW Presidents 1919-2005
Dean Virginia Gildersleeve, IFUW's 1st President
IFUW History Presentation by Dr Elizabeth Poskitt
International Federation of University Women
10 rue du Lac, CH-1207 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: (41.22) 731 23 80 Fax: (41.22) 738 04 40
E-mail: info@ifuw.org
