Founder of Inner Wheel

FOUNDER OF INNER WHEEL

Margarette Oliver Golding

Manchester, United Kingdom

Margarette Oliver Golding founded and named the Inner Wheel organisation for the wives of members of the Rotary club. There were other similar groups in Britain, but it was Golding who organised them into a national organisation under the name of the Inner Wheel.
Women had been involved informally in the Rotary Club’s work but discrimination prevented then from becoming members in their own right. Margarette Golding persuaded 26 other wives to meet her at a room she had reserved at Herriott’s Turkish Baths in Deansgate in Manchester. The met on 15 November 1923 where it was agreed to create a partner organisation to the Rotary Club which would assist the club in their role and provide a social benefit to its members. The first official meeting was on 10 January 1924. at their regular meeting place of the Social Club in Lower Mosley Street, Manchester.
About Margarette Oliver Golding:
Born: 20 November 1881, Blaenau Festiniog, Wales, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died: 1939 (Aged 57-58)
Nationality: British
Occupation(s): Nurse and Company Director
Known for: founding the Inner Wheel Club
Spouse: Oliver Golding
At the 11th International Convention in May 2000 it was decided that:
“An award be created in the name of Margarette Golding for highly commendable personal service through Inner Wheel or in the community.’
The award – a neat floral brooch – a marguerite!
After battling ill health for a number of years, Margarette Golding died in 1939. Her legacy to us: an Association of friends working together for the good of others.