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The Edinburgh Women Citizens' Association was formally founded on 9 May 1918 and was one of the fourteen founder-members of the Scottish Council which was set up the following year. Like other associations, the Edinburgh WCA had its roots in the women's suffrage movement. The Association from the outset aimed to develop the civic awareness of women; to secure a higher representation of women in public affairs; and generally to achieve equality of treatment with men. Its members were particularly concerned in their practical work with housing and health and with child and other forms of social welfare. Its last constitution, agreed on a few years before its demise, stated as its object: 'To encourage through debates, lectures, conferences and study groups, the education of women in civic, economic, industrial, cultural and social questions, whether local, national or international.' The Association was a voluntary body, managed by an Executive Committee and a Secretary and divided into district branches, recreational sections and specialist sub-committees. The EWCA could boast of 1,800 members at one point but came to an end during 1989 as the active membership tailed away. |