At the intial meeting of the Women’s Organization of the Central and Free Synagogues Friday afternoon, October 19th, at the new Synagogue House, the address of the day was made by the Hon. Mrs. E. L. Franklin, Honorary Organizing Secretary of the Parents’ National Educational Union.
Mrs. Franklin is the daughter of the late Lord Swaything and sister of the former Secretary of State for India, Lord Edwin Montagu and of the Hon. Lily Montagu. In addition to her notable work in the educational field and as a publicist on behalf of international relations, Mrs. Franklin is an outstanding figure in Jewish Liberal circles in England, being one of the founders together with Claude Montefiore and Dr. Israel Abrahams, of the Jewish Religious Union.
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