KARDAMYLIAN LADIES SOCIETY OF CHIOS, INC.
			
			During the first years of the Kardamylian League's existence, women 
			were not listed as members even though there were no rules to 
			prohibit them from becoming members. 
			
			Instead, the Kardamylian women in 1945 established their own 
			organization under the name of 
			KARDAMYLIAN 
			LADIES SOCIETY OF CHIOS, INC. Their purpose was 
			friendship and to help each other. In 1952, the women's Society 
			received its own charter as a not for profit organization from
			
			
			The Kardamylian League and the Kardamylian Ladies Society worked for 
			years together as brothers and sisters in organizing events and 
			helping their fellow members. It is also well known that 
			occasionally there were disagreements among them. .  
			
			The following women and certainly many others are listed as the 
			founders of this organization: Maria I. Tsevdos, Calliope G. Vafias, 
			Filia F. Parlamas, Evangelia K. Kefalas, Anna E. Katsounis, 
