Jean Thomson Harris
woman
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Wikidata WikipediaJean Thomson Harris (6 November 1881 – 9 November 1963) was the wife of Paul Harris, a lawyer who founded the first Rotary Club in Chicago in 1905. She supported the organisation but was never allowed to join because she was a woman. She eventually joined the Inner Wheel and she was the first honorary member of the Inner Wheel Club of Edinburgh. Both her birthplace and burial site are commemorated with plaques. She is known internationally.
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Jean Thomson Harris wife of Paul Harris founder of Rotary was born here.
9 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom where they was born