ional body. It is interesting to note the theme at the first triennial 
     
     was “Food in the Country Home’ while at the seventh it was “How 
     
     can the Countrywoman as an Individual and through her Society, 
     
     take a more active part in International?” At this seventh Confer- 
     
     ence, Mrs. Alice Berry of Australia was elected President and has 
     
     since been made a Dame of the British Empire for services to Coun- 
     
     trywomen and their organizations. 
     
    

    
     At the Eighth Triennial Conference there were speakers 
     
     from many agencies of the United Nations — UNICEF, UNESCO, 
     
     WHO and FAQ. Mrs. Geo. Roberts, our ACWW representative at 
     
     the UN, emphasized the extent to which rural questions were 
     
     now being considered by the various Specialized Agencies of the 
     
     UN. such as nutrition, food production and the drift from farms. 
     
     At this Conference the members asked for, and were granted Cate- 
     
     gory B with ECOSOC as this would give us the right to speak at 
     
     meetings of ECOSOC. Much planning of rural development was 
     
     going on and it was important for our voice to be heard. 
     
    

    
     The 10th Triennial Conference wil be held in Dublin. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     LADY ABERDEEN SCHOLARSHIP 
     
     Prepared by Mrs. Lloyd Wilkie 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Resolution presented to Plenary session of the Ninth 
     
     Triennial Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. “Be it resolved that 
     
     as a Memorial to Lady Aberdeen, a founder of ACWW, a permanent 
     
     international scholarship be established by ACWW. This Scholar- 
     
     ship Fund to be financed partly by voluntary contributions from 
     
     Constituent Societies, individuals, and when feasible from ACWW 
     
     funds. It will enable voluntary and qualified leaders in the field of 
     
     Home Economics and Rural Community Welfare to study in other 
     
     countries where societies and members will give them all the nec- 
     
     essary help in getting insight into the work at hand. Be it also re- 
     
     solved that a small committee be appointed to work out the details 
     
     of the implementation of this resolution — to be left in the hands 
     
     of the Executive to report back to Societies at the earliest possible 
     
     time.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     It was stressed that the main source of funds for this scholar- 
     
     ship project will be voluntary contributions, as there is no likeli- 
     
     hood of ACWW funds being available for this purpose in the near 
     
     future. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Why is it called the Lady Aberdeen Scholarship? Because 
     
     Lady Aberdeen took the first vital step towards the calling together 
     
     of rural women’s organizations. Our ACWW History gives us a 
     
     picture of the outstanding pioneer. Lady Aberdeen, herself a Scottish 
     
     country woman, was the wife of a man who had been Viceroy of 
     
     Ireland, and Governor General of Canada, so that she knew a great 
     
     deal about rural communities. She was a rare character, single- 
     
    
   
   
    
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