When: Saturday 4/18/2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes
Presenter: Lyn Kenney
Room: Portia/Wisteria
Few people know about the actual movement that started in 1911 by pioneering women to join Rotary or have separate women's Rotary clubs. Although rejected, they started clubs exactly like Rotary and one even exits today. This powerpoint presentation is a sneak preview into my book that covers both the early pioneers as well as the modern day pioneers.
Lyn grew up in a Navy family, attended high school in Japan and graduated from both the University of Florida and the University of Wisconsin-Madison for graduate school. Her career was in Health Care then Marketing. She retired as Marketing Manager for the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources.
Lyn has been active in Rotary since 1988 when she first joined the Madison, Wisconsin Downtown Club. After moving from Madison, she has been a member of five different Rotary Clubs in 5 districts and is now a member of the Vero Beach Rotary Sunrise Club, Florida. She has served in multiple club and district roles, including Assistant Governor in SC. She developed and chaired the Global Grant and Peace Fellow Scholar program for district 6250 in Wisconsin. She is a major donor and a Bequest Society Member. Her Rotary passions include international projects and Rotary history. She is an historian with Rotary Global History Fellowship and on the board.