The Women's Institute

by Susan Cohen

When the first Women's Institute was formed in Llanfair, Wales in October 1915, no one could have foreseen how this small-scale experiment would grow to become, by the early twenty-first century, an organisation with a membership of approximately 205,000 in 6,500 branches in towns, cities and villages across Britain. The organization instilled a new and enterprising spirit into the life of villages and their womenfolk, and gave them unique opportunities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074781046X
• ISBN13: 9780747810469
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.1"