Margaret Quass

Margaret Isobel Quass OBE[1] (6 April 1926 – 9 December 2003)[2] was an educationalist. Between 1974 and 1986, she was Director of the Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC).

Biography

Quass was educated at South Hampstead High School, Cambridge University and the London School of Economics. After a teaching stint in Watford, she joined the CEWC staff.

Legacy

The Citizenship Foundation hold an annual Margaret Quass Debate in her memory. On 10 December 2009, 50 young people from schools throughout the UK attended a debate on global citizenship with Ransford Smith, Deputy Secretary-General (Economic) of the Commonwealth of Nations, Paul Hilder, Director of the Avaaz Campaign, Eugenie Harvey, Director of the 10:10 Campaign, Gillian Temple, Head of Oxfam's Public Engagement Team and Michael Maclay, Chair of Trustees of the Citizenship Foundation, who chaired the debate.[3]

gollark: Actually, I own this channel, by divine right.
gollark: Even if you could make a black hole here, it would hardly be much use, you can't look inside it or something.
gollark: Sadly, galaxies are quite big and communications can (with current technology) only go at the speed of light.
gollark: And the variables are guesses.
gollark: You said "solar system" before.

References
  1. Lipscomb, John L (2003-12-24). "Margaret Quass: An internationalist in education". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  2. "Margaret Quass". The Times. 2003-12-18. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  3. "Sixth formers debate Global Citizenship at the Commonwealth Foundation". 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
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