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Margaret Isobel Quass OBE (1926-2003) was a British educationalist and activist. Between 1974 and 1986, she was director of the Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC).^[1]^[3]

Biography

Quass was educated at South Hampstead High School, Cambridge University and the London School of Economics.^[1] She started her career teaching in Watford and then joined the CEWC staff.^[1] She was involved in Mass Observation.^[4] In 1954 she visited Russia, and reported back in the journal of the National Peace Council.^[5] She was a founder member of the Friends of UNESCO,^[6] a member of the Fabian Society,^[7] a member of the international council of the United World College of the Atlantic, and a supporter of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer.^[8]

Quass was awarded an OBE for services to education.^[1] She left money on her death to CEWC.^[9]

The Citizenship Foundation holds an annual Margaret Quass Debate in her memory.^[10]

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