Viking Magazine - March 2014 - 4
Velkommen
Sons of Norway feirer kvinner
Sons of Norway
Celebrates Women
N
ot only is March National
Women's History Month,
it also marks International
Women's Day on March 8. And while
all of our members are valued, I
would like to take this opportunity to
thank the women of our organization
for their contributions.
When I was president of my local
lodge, I was often asked, " How can a
woman be a Sons of Norway officer? "
That was the perfect opening to
explain how the organization has
changed during its 119 year history.
Even though we don't know their
names, we do know that women
were involved in Sons of Norway
from the beginning. While they
couldn't be members, they found
ways to contribute to the lodge,
usually by organizing dinners,
bazaars and cultural events, and
forming auxiliaries.
In the early 1900s women were
admitted as social members. They
became officers in their local lodges
and then moved into district and
international positions. When I
became president of my district, there
was only one other woman on the
District Presidents Council. Today
there are four and Districts 2, 3, 4
and 6 have women International
Directors. Then, when I became an
International Director, the Board
was under the capable leadership
of Penny Joseph Knudsen, our first
female International President who
served from 1998 to 2002.
Today, approximately 55 percent of
our members are women, and Sons of
Norway is an organization of equality
where all members have the same
opportunities to participate and lead.
I hope you will join me this month
in thanking and celebrating all the
contributions women have made to
our beloved organization.
M
ars er ikke bare den nasjonale
måneden for kvinners historie,
den markerer også den internasjonale
kvinnedagen 8. mars. Og selv om vi setter
pris på alle medlemmene våre vil jeg
gjerne benytte anledningen til å takke
alle kvinnene i organisasjon for alt de har
bidratt med.
Da jeg var president i den lokale lodgen,
ble jeg ofte spurt: " Hvordan kan en kvinne
være en tillitsvalgt leder i Sons of Norway? "
Dette skapte en perfekt åpning til å forklare
hvordan organisasjonen har endret seg i
løpet av den 119 år lange historien.
Selv om vi ikke kjenner navnene deres
Marit Kristiansen
International President
vet vi at kvinner var involvert i Sons of
Norway helt fra begynnelsen. Og selv
om de ikke kunne være medlemmer
fant de likevel ut hvordan de kunne bidra
til lodgen, vanligvis ved å organisere
middager, basarer og kulturarrangementer,
og iverksette støttevirksomheter.
På begynnelsen av 1900-tallet fikk
kvinner komme med som sosiale
medlemmer. De opptok tillitsverv i sine
lodger og fikk etterhvert posisjoner både
på distrikts- og internasjonalt nivå. Da jeg
ble president i distriktet mitt var det kun
en annen kvinne på distriktpresidentens
råd. I dag har vi fire kvinner, og distriktene
2, 3, 4 og 6 har kvinner som internasjonale
direktører. Og da jeg ble en internasjonal
direktør var styret under den dyktige
ledelsen av Penny Joseph Knudsen, vår
første kvinnelige internasjonale president,
som tjenestegjorde fra 1998 til 2002.
I dag er omtrent 55 prosent av
medlemmene våre kvinner, og Sons of
Norway er en likestillingsorganisasjon
hvor alle medlemmene har den samme
muligheten til å delta i organisasjonen og
bidra som ledere. Jeg håper du blir med
meg denne måneden når jeg sier takk og
feirer alle bidragene som kvinnene har gitt
til vår kjære organisasjon.
4 VIKING MARCH 2014 sonsofnorway.com
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TRAVIS ANDERSON
http://www.sonsofnorway.com
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