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World president makes first Canadian visit
By ELINOR FLORENCE
of The Advocate
The breakdown of the extended family is one of the most
serious crises facing rural people in the developed countries
today, according to Raigh Roe of Perth, Australia, president of
the Associated Country Women of the World ( ACWW) .
Dame Haigh Roe, whose title was recently conferred by
Queen Elizabeth, visited Red Deer Thursday night as a guest
of the Alberta Women's Institutes and Women of Unifarm,
both member organizations of the ACWW.
The Associated Country Women of the World is the world's
largest rural organization, with 8.5 million members in 64
countries .
About 300Alberta W. I . and Women of Unifarm members at-tended
the pot luck dinner and reception at Michener Centre,
including Women of Unifarm president Leda Jensen and for-mer
national president of the Women's Institutes, Senator
Martha Bielish of Edmonton .
Mrs. Roe, a farm wife and mother of threegrown sons, said
there is too much of the " I'm all right, Jack" attitude of non-involvement
in Western society today.
She said during the 1980s more attention will be paid to the
role of rural women in developed countries like Australia,
Canada and the United States .
" The breakdown of the family with an accompanying drift
- or should I say gallop - to urban centres leads to many
THE ADVOCATE, Saturday, March 15, 1980
rural women
ago they gave each son some land, sold the remainder and
retired to Perth.
" There is not the same rapport or understanding among
neighbors in the city like there is in the country," Mrs. Roe
said .
This is Mrs. Roe's first visit to Canada . She is en route to the
association's administrative office in London, England, which
supervises such programs as aid to developing countries,
education, agriculture and family planning .
She was elected president at the 1977 triennial world con-ference
of the ACWW and has spent much of her time in
the past three years travelling to member countries and
meeting rural women. Among her distinctions Mrs. Roe is also
a Commander of the British Empire, a justice of the peace,
and the only woman on the Western Australian Wheat Council.
She will be replaced as president at the 1980 world con-ference,
slated for Hamburg, Germany in May.
Mrs. Roe said the aim of the world- wide organization is
" caring and sharing," and added, " we must never give up
hope for peace in the world."
She explained the desigr stitute.
travels around the country,
reception . Mrs. Warke, after atten--
A green design on a whit, dGirnegy aNuWno'rskCeSnhtorep iant Etdh- e
monton, advised the Con-veners
of the standing
committees at the branch
level, what the conveners at
the provincial level hoped
to attain during the year .
She advised the ladies that
Mrs. Raigh Roe, C . B . E . of
Australia, the president of gn1C) SUO1' the Associated Country
Dame Raigh hosted by
pressures on young people," she said . " 1 have great sympathy
for young adults today who have lost their support systems in
the form of the extended family ."
The extended family includes not only parents, but aunts,
uncles, cousins and grandparents .
Mrs. Roe drew applause with her comments on day care
centres, which she said are necessary only in some situatiens .
" But I don't believe the government should be providing
child care centres for parents who simply prefer working," she
said . " One of the parents, and I don't care which one, must be
at home to provide the child with security and loving care .
" If a mother feels her contribution to the community is so
great that she cannot discontinue working, she should wait to
have a child or decide to remain childless."
Turning to the aims of the ACWW, Mrs. Roe said the
association must attempt to forestall the impending situation
where people don't get involved with their neighbors, " not
because they don't care, but because they are afraid ."
She said communities, both rural and urban, must replace
the extended family by providing support to the individual .
Mrs. Roe met her husband during the Second World War
and moved to a 4,000- acre farm in Western Australia, " never
having seen a cow except in a picture book ."
Through a government land plan to encourage farming, Jim
and Raigh Roe built their holding to 16,000 acres and raised
wheat, malting barley, sheep and Hereford cattle . Six years
DAME RAIGH ROE
Associated Country Women of the World president
. s nstitute meets Women of the World would
be in Red Deer on March
13th, although plans hadn't
been finalized regarding her
visit at this time . Mrs, Roe's
visit would have equal in-terest
to the United Farm
Women, as they are also a members of the world wide
organization .
by the Pine LaKe branch,
that proved so popular were
now in the second printing
and were available from
any of the members.
The roll call was an-swered
with children's
books which will be given to
the Innisfail Hospital, and
Mrs. Alma Johnson
assisted the hostess in set
The cook books compiled
ving a delicious lunch.
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| Title | Pine Lake History - 1976 - 1989 |
| Subject | AWI; Pine Lake Branch |
| Description | Branch History |
| Language | en |
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| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811093 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 47 |
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| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | World president makes first Canadian visit By ELINOR FLORENCE of The Advocate The breakdown of the extended family is one of the most serious crises facing rural people in the developed countries today, according to Raigh Roe of Perth, Australia, president of the Associated Country Women of the World ( ACWW) . Dame Haigh Roe, whose title was recently conferred by Queen Elizabeth, visited Red Deer Thursday night as a guest of the Alberta Women's Institutes and Women of Unifarm, both member organizations of the ACWW. The Associated Country Women of the World is the world's largest rural organization, with 8.5 million members in 64 countries . About 300Alberta W. I . and Women of Unifarm members at-tended the pot luck dinner and reception at Michener Centre, including Women of Unifarm president Leda Jensen and for-mer national president of the Women's Institutes, Senator Martha Bielish of Edmonton . Mrs. Roe, a farm wife and mother of threegrown sons, said there is too much of the " I'm all right, Jack" attitude of non-involvement in Western society today. She said during the 1980s more attention will be paid to the role of rural women in developed countries like Australia, Canada and the United States . " The breakdown of the family with an accompanying drift - or should I say gallop - to urban centres leads to many THE ADVOCATE, Saturday, March 15, 1980 rural women ago they gave each son some land, sold the remainder and retired to Perth. " There is not the same rapport or understanding among neighbors in the city like there is in the country," Mrs. Roe said . This is Mrs. Roe's first visit to Canada . She is en route to the association's administrative office in London, England, which supervises such programs as aid to developing countries, education, agriculture and family planning . She was elected president at the 1977 triennial world con-ference of the ACWW and has spent much of her time in the past three years travelling to member countries and meeting rural women. Among her distinctions Mrs. Roe is also a Commander of the British Empire, a justice of the peace, and the only woman on the Western Australian Wheat Council. She will be replaced as president at the 1980 world con-ference, slated for Hamburg, Germany in May. Mrs. Roe said the aim of the world- wide organization is " caring and sharing," and added, " we must never give up hope for peace in the world." She explained the desigr stitute. travels around the country, reception . Mrs. Warke, after atten-- A green design on a whit, dGirnegy aNuWno'rskCeSnhtorep iant Etdh- e monton, advised the Con-veners of the standing committees at the branch level, what the conveners at the provincial level hoped to attain during the year . She advised the ladies that Mrs. Raigh Roe, C . B . E . of Australia, the president of gn1C) SUO1' the Associated Country Dame Raigh hosted by pressures on young people," she said . " 1 have great sympathy for young adults today who have lost their support systems in the form of the extended family ." The extended family includes not only parents, but aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents . Mrs. Roe drew applause with her comments on day care centres, which she said are necessary only in some situatiens . " But I don't believe the government should be providing child care centres for parents who simply prefer working," she said . " One of the parents, and I don't care which one, must be at home to provide the child with security and loving care . " If a mother feels her contribution to the community is so great that she cannot discontinue working, she should wait to have a child or decide to remain childless." Turning to the aims of the ACWW, Mrs. Roe said the association must attempt to forestall the impending situation where people don't get involved with their neighbors, " not because they don't care, but because they are afraid ." She said communities, both rural and urban, must replace the extended family by providing support to the individual . Mrs. Roe met her husband during the Second World War and moved to a 4,000- acre farm in Western Australia, " never having seen a cow except in a picture book ." Through a government land plan to encourage farming, Jim and Raigh Roe built their holding to 16,000 acres and raised wheat, malting barley, sheep and Hereford cattle . Six years DAME RAIGH ROE Associated Country Women of the World president . s nstitute meets Women of the World would be in Red Deer on March 13th, although plans hadn't been finalized regarding her visit at this time . Mrs, Roe's visit would have equal in-terest to the United Farm Women, as they are also a members of the world wide organization . by the Pine LaKe branch, that proved so popular were now in the second printing and were available from any of the members. The roll call was an-swered with children's books which will be given to the Innisfail Hospital, and Mrs. Alma Johnson assisted the hostess in set The cook books compiled ving a delicious lunch. |
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