Evening star., 1953-07-26
Tea Planned
ForForeign
Women
Group to Begin
Extended Tour
Of the u. S.
By Frunees Lide

A tea this afternoon at head
quarters of the General Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs is the
first event planned for a group
of women leaders from Pakistan,
India and Egypt who are sched-
uled to begin an extended tour
OF this country this week end.
All are members Of the AS
sociated Country Women Of the
World and will attend its inter-
national convention in Toronto,
the latter part of August.
Two Of the visitors hold high
Office in the All. Pakistan Wom-
ems Association. Mrs. Iqbal Hus-
sain Malik is honorary secretary
general and Mrs. Said Amin I'd
Din Is president of the associa-
tion's Punjab branch.
From India are Mrs. Kames-
waramma KuppuswAmy, vice
president Of the All-India Wom-
ems Conference, and Mrs. KriSh-
nabai Nimbkar.
Egypt is represented by Mrs.
Elhami GreiSS, a member of the
Cairo Women's Club.
The Ford Foundation is A.
nancing their tour of the United
States, which is under the gen.
eral supervision of the Institute
Of International Education.
The Washington International
Center and the Agriculture De-
partment are cooperating and
the latter will have charge Of
their schedule during a visit in
the West in September and early
October.
The Washington office of the
Institute of International Edu-
cation will be represented at to-
days tea by James D. Klein, the
director, and Miss Marilyn Hey
man, assistant director.
Mrs. Oscar A. Ahlgren, presi- |
dent of the General Federation |
of Women's Clubs, will head the |
receiving line. Other federation |
officials who will be on hand to |
greet the visitors include Mrs. |
zaio Woodford Schroeder OF |
Crosse Pointe. Mich, chairman
of the international affairs de-
partment, and Mrs. T. C. Carroll
of Shepherdsville, KY, chairman
OF the CIVIC Council of Inter-
national Clubs.
Leaders of number of Amer
lean women's organizations have
been invited to meet the visitors,
and the guest list also includes
members of the diplomatic corps. |
Tomorrow, the group will be- !
gin a week-long orientation
course in American life at the
Washington International Cen
ter.
The following week, they will
be introduced to the various
services provided by the ,Agri-
culture Department in such fields
as home economics and rural
family life.
A visit to the Agricultural Re-
search Center at Beltsville, Md.
is scheduled August 5, with a
stop, en- route, at the Farm
Women's Market in Bethesda.
On August 4. the foreign visi-
tors will meet representatives of
the Associated Women of the
American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton at a luncheon at the Raleigh |
Hotel. Later in the week. they
will visit headquarters of the
YWCA, the AAUW, the Ameri-
can Home Economics Associa-
ton, Neighborhood House and |
the Goodwill Industries.
On their return from Toronto.
the women will begin their west
ern trip, much of which will be
centered in Iowa, where they
will be under the wing of Mrs. |
Raymond Sayer of Ackworth. |
president of the Associated |
Country Women of the World. |
During this phase of their
tour, they will visit land grant
colleges and will have an op-
portunity to see home demon
stration work, All clubs and
other Agriculture Department.
sponsored vocational and home
life programs in operation.