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The INTERNATIONAL INNER
WHEEL
in the United States of America
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| As at July 2011 there are 6 zones in the
United States, 5 Districts and 49 Clubs.
Chicago |
Just as today's Rotary International began as an
idea and evolved with name changes and administrative
procedures, the International Inner Wheel (IIW) evolved in time,
from more humble beginnings and via obstacle filled paths.
To follow that path, visit our "Timeline".
It must be acknowledged that inevitably, the first real IIW club
was formed in Chicago, as an auxiliary to the Chicago Rotary
Club under the name "Women of Rotary". This name was registered
in the U.S. state of Illinois on 22 May 1923, but under
directives from Rotary International, the name was not allowed
to be used and instead, approval was given for "The Women of the
Rotary Club of Chicago".
Being a ladies only club, it could be recognised as the ancestor of the
IIW.
Very little information exists about this first club other than
a record in the above Timeline that "Mrs. Alwilda F.
Harvey, wife of the then Chicago Rotary Club president, stepped
into a leadership that brought fifty-nine Rotary wives together
at a luncheon in the "Sherman House"
(Chicago).
References are also made to these early days, prior to the
formation of the first "Inner Wheel" club, in the
book by Luisa Vinciguerra.
The club no longer exists.
to
be continued
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| Districts |
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Zone 1 - Non-districted Clubs in New York -
2 clubs |
Zone 2
- District 696 covers Florida and U.S. Virgin Islands and Non-districted
clubs in Florida and Louisiana - 9 clubs |
Zone 3 -
Wisconsin - includes clubs in District 627 and others non-districted - 5
clubs |
Zone 4 - District 767, North Carolina - 4 clubs
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Zone 5 - District 519 and Non-districted Clubs in
California and Nevada -
20 clubs |
Zone 6
- District 517 covers California and Non-districted
clubs in California and Arizona - 9 clubs |
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acknowledgements to Luisa Vinciguerra,
and Inner Wheel USA, Inc.
researched and posted by RGHF Webmaster, Greg Barlow, Malaysia.
July 2011 |
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