The Nation - News from Feb. 6, 1986
Female membership in the Rotary International was rejected for the fifth time by the service club of nearly 1 million members begun 81 years ago by a lonely bachelor and three businessmen. A “clear majority” of 433 delegates from 54 countries turned down by voice vote at their meeting in Chicago a proposal to change rules that prohibit women from joining, said Rotary spokesman Jack Giles.
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