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The National Council of Women of the United States (NCW/US) is the oldest [1] [better source needed] nonsectarian organization of women in the United States Founded in 1888, [2] the NCW/US is an accredited non-governmental organization (NGO) with the Department of Public Information (UN/DPI) [1] and in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).
That NSW organisation was created on 26 August 1896 in Sydney Town Hall by eleven women-related organisations. [1] National Council of Women (Christchurch, April 1896) The Constituent councils were formed in: New South Wales −1896 [1] Tasmania – 1899, [2] Victoria and South Australia – 1902; National Council of Women of Queensland – 1905
The Janet Lady Clarke Memorial in Queen Victoria Gardens. Janet Marion Snodgrass was born at Doogalloook, a station on the Goulburn River near Yea, Victoria. She was the daughter of Charlotte Agnes (née Cotton) and Peter Snodgrass. Her father, who died when she was 16, was an affluent landowner and a member of parliament.
Helen Elizabeth Gillan (1873 – 30 October 1955) was an Australian voluntary worker and social reformer associated with the National Council of Women of Australia.She was associated with the NCW's celebration of 100 years of pioneer women in Victoria and leading the organisation of 30,000 volunteer women in Victoria during the second world war.
National Council of Women may refer to: National Council of Women of Australia. National Council of Women of Queensland; National Council of Women of Canada; National Council of Women (Chile) National Council of Women of Great Britain; National Council of Women in India; National Council of Women of Kenya; National Council of Women of New Zealand
Two plaques in the garden were unveiled at a ceremony on Saturday 8 June 1935 by Lady Huntingfield, the wife of the Governor of Victoria, and Mrs I.H. Moss, the president of the Women's Centenary Council. [2] [3] In 1960, the Quota Club of Melbourne planted a tree in the garden. [2] The garden is today a popular venue for outdoor weddings. [4]
While her children were young, Moss began to campaign for the rights of women and served as vice-president of the Australian Women's National League in 1906–14, during that time she actively campaigned in Victoria for women's suffrage. She was a member of the National Council of Women of Victoria from its formation in 1904.
It stands at the entrance to Victoria Tower Gardens, south of Victoria Tower at the southwest corner of the Palace of Westminster. [1] Its main feature is a bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst by Arthur George Walker, unveiled in 1930. In 1958 the statue was relocated to its current site and the bronze reliefs commemorating Christabel Pankhurst ...