ation took place and the name Associated Countrywomen of the 
     
     World was chosen and Mrs. Watt was elected President. The topic 
     
     at this conference was “Food in the Country Home”. 
     
    

    
     At the Conference in Washington (1936), Mrs. Watt led a 
     
     delegation over the Peace Bridge at Niagara Falls, (this links 
     
     Ontario with New York State) to present a bronze Plaque, dedicated 
     
     to the rural women of both countries. The incription reads: 
     
    

    
     “This plaque marks ‘A Pilgrimage of Friendship’ the cross- 
     
     ing from the United States into Canada of a delegation from the 
     
     Associated Countrywomen of the World, and is dedicated to the 
     
     rural women of the continent and entrusted to their perpetual care.” 
     
    

    
     At this time “The Countrywoman”, official publication of 
     
     ACWW was being published and edited by Sholo Watts. Study 
     
     Folders and Pen friends were inaugurated at Washington, and the 
     
     drive for Pennies for Friendship was launched in London in 1939. 
     
     This fund is now the main support of ACWW. Just prior to this 
     
     meeting Lady Aberdeen, Honorary President of ACWW for ten 
     
     years, passed away. A scholarship has been established in her mem- 
     
     ory to enable qualified leaders of Home Economics and Rural Com- 
     
     munity Welfare to study in other countries. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Fourth Conference, London, in 1939. The theme, “What 
     
     Country Women Use”; and the study, Marketing of Agricultural 
     
     Products and Agricultural Co-operation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     At the Amsterdam conference in 1947, Mrs. Watt resigned as 
     
     President, and Mrs. Raymond Sayre of the USA. succeeded her. In 
     
     closing the meeting Mrs. Watt said; “We are separating now and 
     
     going to the ends of the earth, Blessed be the Lord Who gives us 
     
     our daily bread which comes from the earth.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     The next year in Montreal this outstanding woman passed 
     
     to her eternal reward in her eightieth year. Her birthplace at 
     
     Collingwood, Ontario has been declared an Historic Site. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The five latest Conferences were held in Copenhagen (1950), 
     
     Toronto (1953), Ceylon (1956), Edinburgh (1959) Melbourne, 
     
     (1962) and at all of them forward steps were taken. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Sixth Conference, Copenhagen, in 1950. The Keynote 
     
     was Rural Welfare. By this time the ACWW had been recognized 
     
     by agencies of the United Nations; support was given to UNICEF; 
     
     delegates sent to the International Federation of Agricultural Pro- 
     
     ducers; consultative status was granted with UNESCO; with 
     
     ECOSOC ; and ACWW was also made a member of the N GO’s (Non- 
     
     Governmental Organization) working with the UN. Relations were 
     
     maintained with WHO and we were granted delegates to Conferences 
     
     of FAO. Mrs. Roberts became our permanent representative to 
     
     United Nations at New York. Before the Ceylon meeting 
     
     a UNESCO Seminar was held, under the auspices of ACWW 
     
     for women from six Asian countries who discussed “The 
     
     Place of Women’s Organizations in their Country’s Development, 
     
     Past, Present and Future.” This was another first for the Internat- 
     
    
   
   
    
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