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'''Lady Renie Adams,''' widow of [[John Adams|Sir John Adams]], former director of projects and former director-general of CERN, had a unique impact on the Organization. In the early 1970s she noticed that many newcomers' wives faced great difficulties in adapting, which could lead to severe family and social problems. To help them, she proposed creating opportunities for them to meet and to help each other. With strong determination, she managed to convince a small circle of friends to help her in this task, and in 1974 the CERN Women's Club was born.<ref>[ | '''Lady Renie Adams,''' widow of [[John Adams|Sir John Adams]], former director of projects and former director-general of CERN, had a unique impact on the Organization. In the early 1970s she noticed that many newcomers' wives faced great difficulties in adapting, which could lead to severe family and social problems. To help them, she proposed creating opportunities for them to meet and to help each other. With strong determination, she managed to convince a small circle of friends to help her in this task, and in 1974 the CERN Women's Club was born.<ref>[http://cds.cern.ch/record/1733460/files/vol43-issue2.pdf#page=38 CERN Courier, 43(2), 2003, p. 38]</ref> | ||
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Lady Renie Adams, widow of Sir John Adams, former director of projects and former director-general of CERN, had a unique impact on the Organization. In the early 1970s she noticed that many newcomers' wives faced great difficulties in adapting, which could lead to severe family and social problems. To help them, she proposed creating opportunities for them to meet and to help each other. With strong determination, she managed to convince a small circle of friends to help her in this task, and in 1974 the CERN Women's Club was born.[1]