Editing Inner Wheel (section)

==History==
The organisation was officially founded on 10 January 1924 by [[Margarette Golding]], a nurse, businesswoman and the wife of a Manchester [[Rotary Club|Rotarian]].<ref name="Crump">{{cite web |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/north-wales-birthplace-international-womens-12816962 |title=North Wales birthplace of international women's group founder revealed |last=Crump |first=Eryl |author-link= |date=8 April 2017 |work=[[Daily Post (North Wales)|Daily Post]] |publisher=[[Reach plc]] |publication-place=Colwyn Bay |language=en-UK |access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref> She met with 26 other wives of Rotarians in November 1923. The first official Inner Wheel meeting was held on 10 January 1924 – this date is now known as "International Inner Wheel Day". This organisation was originally established for the wives and daughters of Rotarians although no Rotary connection is now required. Gradually other groups formed themselves into Inner Wheel Clubs and in 1934 the Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland was formed.<ref name="Petitt">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NDQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Inner Wheel |last=Petitt |first=Jenette M. |author-link= |date=April 1982 |work=[[The Rotarian]] |publisher=[[Rotary International]] |publication-place=Evanston, Illinois |pages=22-23 |volume=140 |number=5 |language=en-US |access-date=May 18, 2025 |issn=0035-838X |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

[[File:Shrewsbury Inner Wheel Ladies' Night (1505107).jpg|thumb|left|Ladies' night in [[Shrewsbury]], 1952|alt=Singers holding individual signs with a single letter that collectively spell "Inner Wheel"]]

The number of clubs around the world grew and in 1967 the International Inner Wheel came into being. There are clubs in many countries around the world. Inner Wheel clubs are grouped into districts with twenty-nine districts within Great Britain and Ireland. Helena Foster, who was the President in 1969–70, proposed that "Inner Wheel Day" should be celebrated on 10 January each year on the day that the original Manchester group adopted the name of "Inner Wheel" in 1924.<ref name="Cheng">{{cite book |last1=Douglas |first1=Trish |last2=Farcon |first2=Zenaida |last3=Lunani |first3=Sarita |last4=Michelsen |first4=Sissel Høihjelle |last5=Phillips |first5=Alan |last6=Hathaway |first6=Elaine |collaboration= |date=January 2024 |year= |location= |editor-last=Cheng |editor-first=Yeok San |title=Inner Wheels: 100 Years of Friendship & Service |title-link= |url=https://www.internationalinnerwheel.org/ <!-- Official link is on lower right of page but not linked directly due Google Drive usually usage being private web hosting; see https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cwoobr0PYIEcWJ1ZSJOhvJ6lKTwg7u8S/view --> |url-access= |format=PDF |department= |type= |language=English |others=Gupta, Mamta; Remmler-Bellen, Dorothée; Arnoldus-Luiten, Marlies; Atkinson, Michelle; & Raghunandan, Prabha |name-list-style=& |edition= |publication-place=Cheshire |publisher=Internaional Inner Wheel |page= |pages= |isbn= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-format= |archive-date= |access-date=17 May 2025 |via=[[Google Drive]]}}</ref>

The Inner Wheel expanded to become a global organisation. In 1973. it gained [[List of organizations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council|consultative status]] with the [[United Nations]]<ref name="UN">{{cite web |url=https://docs.un.org/en/E/2023/INF/5 |title=
List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as at 31 December 2022 |last= |first= |author-link= |date=4 April 2023 |work=[[ECOSOC]] |publisher=[[United Nations]] |page=163 |publication-place=New York City |language=en |id=E/2023/INF/5 |access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref> in order to advocate on behalf of women.<ref name="Pioneer">{{cite web |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/business/inner---wheel-club-celebrates-the-united---nations--75-th-anniversary.html |title=Inner  Wheel Club celebrates the United  Nations 75th Anniversary |last= |first= |author-link= |date=28 September 2020 |work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |publisher=CMYK Printech |publication-place=Lucknow |language=en |access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref> In 2012, the group opened their membership to all women over the age of 18 and stopped requiring that spouses be a member of the Rotary. Thus, they ceased to be a women's auxiliary but remained affiliated with Rotary International.<ref name=Cheng/> By 2024, the organization counts 103,000 members across over 100 countries.<ref name=Caggiano/>