Margaret Quass OBE  was an educationalist. Between 1974 and 1986, she was Director of the Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC).

Personal life

Margaret Quass was educated at South Hampstead High School

South Hampstead High School

South Hampstead High School is an all-girls independent day school situated in Hampstead, north-west London. The school was founded and is still supported by The Girls' Day School Trust . The school operates over two sites, the Senior school and Junior school which are run as a single unit with...

, Cambridge University and the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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. After a teaching stint in Watford, she joined the CEWC staff.

Legacy

The Citizenship Foundation

Citizenship Foundation

The Citizenship Foundation is an independent UK charity which aims to empower individuals to engage in the wider community through education about the law, democracy and society...

 hold an annual Margaret Quass Debate in her memory. On 10 December 2009, 50 young people from schools throughout the UK attended a debate on global citizenship with Ransford Smith

Ransford Smith

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, Deputy Secretary-General

Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General

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 (Economic) of the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

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, Paul Hilder, Director of the Avaaz Campaign

Avaaz.org

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, Eugenie Harvey, Director of the 10:10 Campaign

10:10

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, Gillian Temple, Head of Oxfam's Public Engagement Team and Michael Maclay, Chair of Trustees of the Citizenship Foundation, who chaired the debate.