and the wounded, and at opening a sewing workshop for the poor in peacetime. It also approaches the competent authorities to bring about legislation protecting chil-dren and working men and women; it supervises the juveniles' home and the home for the aged; and it trains ladies in methods of first aid, supplying them with the informa-tion needed for this purpose.

Founded in 1942; its motto is the raising of woman's cultural and social level, and its president is Miss Hirbah Mawsili. It aims at founding a library for public reading, at delivering lectures in its club, and at making rounds to seek out poor illiterate women and help them. Its beneficiaries are poor women who belong to families whose traditions prevent them from making their poverty known. And there are a number of girl students whom the society takes under its care.

Founded in 1927; its motto is the raising of woman's cultural and social level, and its president is Su'ad Mardam Bey. Its purpose is the delivery of cultural lectures in its club, which is known by her name; the extension of material assistance to families in quiet want; the employment of a number of working women in its workshop, which takes in sewing and certain kinds of handwork; and the revival of the national industries anew.

Founded in 1928; its literary president is Mrs. Munira al-Haribi. Among its purposes: the opening of a family women's club; the founding of a magazine of educa-tion, instruction, and letters; the delivery of speeches and lectures on educational, moral, develop-mental, and economic subjects; the giving of special lessons to illiterate women; the performance of school plays; the holding of

women's functions at which the various national manufactures and women's handwork are shown; the support of women's magazines; the securing of work for graduates of the teachers' colleges; and the assistance of small schoolgirls from poor families. It has a shelter, known as Dar al-Kafala, which provides poor schoolgirls with food, clothing, and instruction.

Founded in 1943, its purpose purely cultural, its president Zahra al-Abid. Among its aims: the diffusion of letters; the

endeavor to enlighten minds; the raising of woman's level in a manner suited to the spirit of the age, taking from the best of the two civilizations of East and West; the support of national man-ufactures; the delivery of lectures in various languages; the founding of a magazine examining women's questions; the holding of women's functions at which national man-ufactures and women's handwork are shown; the care of certain poor schoolgirls; and the opening of a women's cultural club.

Founded in 1928, its headquarters

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