Women's Institute
STONY STRATFORD WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
Do you know who started the Keep Britain Tidy campaign in the 50s, discussed AIDs in the 1980s before it was realised how wide it’s spread had become, and campaigned for breast and cervical cancer in the 60s and 70s.
The WI!
We are the largest women’s organisation in the country, although it will probably surprise many people to know that the movement was started in Canada in 1897 by a young woman whose baby died as a result of poor hygiene, inspiring her to start an organisation spreading to far corners of the world in order to further the education of women.
In Stony Stratford, our afternoon WI which meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the Scout Hall, Vicarage Road we obviously do discuss and act upon these serious matters but we also have a very varied selection of speakers. For instance in recent months we have watched demonstrations from a Basket maker, listened to a lovely lady who is a severely handicapped Thalidomide victim, had a talk about Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire as well as voting on our campaign for 2009 (Honey Bees) and enjoying our annual Garden Meeting in a member’s garden.
There are numerous meetings and outings organised by our County Federation and we run our own events, some of our members will be shopping in the new Westfield Shopping Centre at Shepherds Bush in November and later we have a coach going to the Denby Visitor Centre and taking a Factory Tour.
Why not come along as a visitor and perhaps you may decide to join us – we have almost sorted our Programme for 2010 and can promise another year with a selection of interesting speakers and outings.
Contact Janet Baxter (01908 313677) or Gill Williams (01908 563684) or e-mail Gill.williams@fsml.co.uk for furtherdetails.
