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Diplomat Elected President of International Council of Women By Mary Dushnyck Mrs. Mary Craig McGeachy Schuller of New York City was elected President of the ICW at its 75th Anniversary Conference in Washington, D. C., on June 25, 1963. She was presented as a candidate for the ICW presiden tial post by the NCW of Great Britain. Born in Sarni, Ontario, Cana da of Scottish parents, Mary Craig McGeachy was educated at the University of Toronto, the Sorbonne in Paris and at the In stitute of Higher International Studies at the University of Ge neva. Following extensive travel in Europe for the Europ ean Student Relief, she became the youngest member of the Per manent Secretariat of the League of Nations in Geneva, with which she remained for 9 years. While in this post, she had contacts with international voluntary organizations and rep resented the League of Nations at the 50th anniversary of the ICW in Edinburgh. As an expert on European af fairs, in 1940 she was asked to join the Ministry of Economic Warfare in London which dealt with conditions in countries un der enemy occupation. In Janu ary 1941 she was sent to Wash ington, D. C. as a member of the British Information Office and while in this post, she was ap pointed First Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington, the first woman in British his tory so honored. In 1944 she was appointed Di rector of Welfare Division, Unit ed Nations Relief and Rehabili tation Administration (UNR- RA), and initiated systems enab ling voluntary service organiza tions to go abroad under UN- RRRA auspices to begin relief work even during the military period of occupation. In Decem ber 1944 she was married and in 1947 her husband’s work took them to Johannesburg, South Africa, where they remained for 6 1/ 2 years. While there Mrs. Schuller served as chairman of the Child Welfare Society, gov ernor of the Institute of Inter national Relations and chairman of the Peace and International Relations Committee of the Na- Schuller became liaison officer at the UN for the ICW, in which post she remained until recent ly. Tall and attractive, the friend ly Mrs. Schuller is the mother of two children — Janet, 18, who is interested in nursing, and John, 16, a student at Upper Canada College. The ICW is indeed fortunate to have at its helm a woman of Mrs. Schuller’s wide experience in the diplomatic, official, social and organizational fields, and we At the Conference of International Council of Women in Washington: From left to right: Mrs. Anastasia Volker, Public Relation Chairman of UNWLA, Mrs. Rama Rau Dhanavanti, delegate of the National Council of Women of India, Mrs. Yarnall Jacobs, President of the National Council of Women of US, Mrs. Helen Lototsky, President of UNWLA. tional Council of Women. In 1954 the Schullers moved to Toronto, Canada, and Mrs. Schuller was made Liaison Of ficer at the UN for the Canadian NCW and was active in Toron to’s musical life. In 1959 the Schullers came to New York City. Here Mrs. LOVELY HATS UNWLA Branch 37 in Detroit Mich, is successful in embroidery projects. Its ideas in producing aprons and fingertip towels was already discussed in our maga zine ; and the members credited with it. Now another project has won the admiration of other Branches — their lovely hats. The modern pillbox hats were are heartened by her statement upon being elected President that she would “cherish the in tegrity and extend the scope of the ICW—described in the words of our founders as ‘the enlight enment of women for the benefit of humanity.’ ” Mnohaya Lita, Mrs. Schuller! used for this project. The round hat stem is made of an embroi dered ribbon, put on a small cardboard. The creator of this charming model is Mrs. Rose Draginda, a talented member of Branch 37. Her daughter, the talented Yo- anna, member of UNWLA Br. 58 is skillful in painting Easter eggs.
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