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War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW : ウィキペディア英語版 | War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW
The War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW Ltd is a not for profit membership-based organization whose mission is to promote and protect the interests of war widows in New South Wales.〔(War Widows’ Guild of Australia NSW Limited website )〕 Established by women and for women in June 1946 the Guild has fought over the years to improve the financial and social circumstances of members.〔Burge, Roslyn (2008), No Peacetime Cinderellas: a history of the War Widows’ Guild of Australia in New South Wales 1946-2006", Australia: War Widows’ Guild of Australia NSW Ltd, ISBN 9780646477374(hbk.) p9〕 After years operating as an incorporated association, the NSW Guild became a public company limited by guarantee in 1998.〔(War Widows' Guild of Australia (1947-), Trove, National Library of Australia )〕 It is a public benevolent institution with deductible gift recipient status.〔 == History == Mrs Jessie Vasey established the War Widows’ Guild of Australia in Victoria in 1945〔(War Widows' Guild of Australia NSW Limited (1946-), Trove, National Library of Australia )〕 to bring war widows together to support each other and to speak with one voice to improve their circumstances. Within two years the organisation had spread across Australia, with the Guild being established in NSW in 1946. Guild clubs were established to support war widows across Sydney and NSW. Secretaries, including Mrs Una Boyce AM OBE, who was State Secretary of the Guild from 1961 to 1989, succeeded in achieving a range of concessions and benefits for war widows.〔() ''Sydney Morning Herald'', Obituary for Una Boyce, 27 November 2003, Mick Boyce〕 Since its inception, the Guild has continued to advocate on behalf of war widows and offers friendship and services to its members.〔() War Widows’ Guild of Australia NSW Limited website〕
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