Margaret Quass

Margaret 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

Personal life

Margaret 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]

References

1. ^ Lipscomb, John L (2003-12-24). "Margaret Quass: An internationalist in education". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2003/dec/24/guardianobituaries.highereducation. Retrieved 2009-12-26. 
2. ^ "Margaret Quass". The Times. 2003-12-18. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1044988.ece. Retrieved 2009-12-26. 
3. ^ "Sixth formers debate Global Citizenship at the Commonwealth Foundation". 2009-12-11. http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/news.php?n775. Retrieved 2009-12-26.