Committee composed of Regional Representatives and Co-ordinators of International and European Relations. Local Associations enable members to "perfect the art of friendship" while promoting the Federation’s aims. Independent membership is available for those who do not live near an Association. Membership is open to all women graduates, irrespective of subject, university or nationality. Notable presidents BFWG published a presidents list in 2007 Sara Burstall (1907—1909) Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick (1909—1913) Ethel Sargant (1913—1918) Emily Penrose (1919) Caroline Spurgeon (1919v1924) Margaret Tuke (1924—1925) Winifred Cullis (1925—1929) Ida Smedley Maclean (1929—1935) Frances Melville (1935—1942) Helen Wodehouse (1942—1945) Edith Clara Batho (1945—1950) Scholarships Since 1912, BFUW/BFWG has given scholarships to assist women in academia. Caroline Spurgeon was the first recipient and she was followed by many notable women, including Ursula Dronke, Philippa Foot, Christine Hamill and Eila Campbell. Now the BFWG Scholarship Fund annually gives scholarships to outstanding women in their final year of a PhD who are registered at a British University. In 1992, BFWG sold Crosby Hall and set up the BFWG Charitable Foundation, known as Funds for Women Graduates (FfWG), which gives grants to postgraduate women at British universities who are in financial need. International Federation of University Women In 1919, Caroline Spurgeon and Rose Sidgwick from BFUW and Virginia Gildersleeve, Dean of Barnard College and a representative of the American Association of Collegiate Alumnae, were instrumental in setting up the International Federation of University Women (IFUW). BFWG is still a vital part of IFUW and BFUW/BFWG members have served on its Board. Through its affiliation to IFUW, BFWG has consultative status at the UN; supports development in other affiliates by contributions to the IFUW Bina Roy Partners in Development programmes; and helps displaced women graduates via the Hegg-Hoffet Fund. References Further reading Carol Dyhouse, "The British Federation of University Women and the status of women in universities, 1907–1939", Women's History Review Volume 4, Issue 4, 1995 Alison Golby, A Socio-Historical Studyof the British Federation of University Women, 1930-1957, unpublished PhD thesis (Portsmouth, 1999). Ed Nancy Catchpole, Cynthia Short, ‘The Story of the Second 50 years’, (BFWG, 2007) Susan Miles, “A Century of Giving,” (BFWG, 2012) External links BFWG website 5BFW at the Women's Library at the Library of the London School of Economics. Sybil Campbell collection at the University of Winchester BFWG Sybil Campbell Collection Higher education organisations based in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1907 Women's organisations based