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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

09 Mar 2014

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Mar 09, 2014

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5

Service Above Self Rotary Century in Cedar Rapids

The Cedar Rapids Rotary Club marks 100 years in April. It began with 18 men meeting March 23, 1914 at the Montrose Hotel to plan the club and was officially formed April 6. Early activities included a safety push, employment bureau ideas, road and lake beautification, and cleanup of vacant lots.

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Rotary Cedar Rapids Montrose Rotary Club Des Moines Sioux City Davenport Fred Fisher Luther Brewer Tom Powell Ed Wilcox Cedar Lake Keith Vawter William Jennings Bryan Will Rogers William Howard Taft Harry Lauder
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Rotary opens to women in Cedar Rapids first since 1914

Cedar Rapids Downtown Rotary admitted its first female members in November 1987 following a unanimous May 1987 Supreme Court decision. Women announced included Lisa McGrath Tara Moorman Davida Handler Jo Elizabeth Hatch Ellyn Wrzeski Peggy Whitworth Mary Quass and Mimi Meffert. Paul Harris founded Rotary in 1905 noting it grew from lonesomeness into a worldwide movement.

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Rotary Cedar Rapids Lisa McGrath Tara Moorman Davida Handler Jo Elizabeth Hatch Ellyn Wrzeski Peggy Whitworth Mary Quass Mimi Meffert Supreme Court Lewis Powell National Harris
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