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title: "wvc47 - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=category&id=179"
date: "2026-11-05T23:56:43+00:00"
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wvc47

 [ ![11th World Vegetarian Congress 1947 - Vegetarianism in Maternity Work](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc47/pink.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3812:congress-wvc47-maternity&catid=179)

## [11th World Vegetarian Congress 1947 - Vegetarianism in Maternity Work](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3812:congress-wvc47-maternity&catid=179)

The following article is from a 1947 issue of the Vegetarian Messenger, (the monthly magazine of the Vegetarian Society of Great …

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 [ ![11th World Vegetarian Congress 1947 - Veganism](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc47-veganism.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3820:congress-wvc47-veganism&catid=179)

## [11th World Vegetarian Congress 1947 - Veganism](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3820:congress-wvc47-veganism&catid=179)

VEGANISM (Obtainable in pamphlet form from The Vegan Society, Rydal Lodge, Ambleside, Westmorland) Chairman: Mr. DUGALD SEMPLE (S…

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 [ ![From The Vegan Autumn 1947](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc47-vegan-report.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3819:congress-wvc47-vegan-report&catid=179)

## [From The Vegan Autumn 1947](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3819:congress-wvc47-vegan-report&catid=179)

The Eleventh Congress of the International Vegetarian Union held at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, from July 29th to August 5th, wa…

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 [ ![1947 Revisited: A Return to Wycliffe College in 2006](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc47/pics/wycliffe-oldhallt.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3818:congress-wvc47-revisited&catid=179)

## [1947 Revisited: A Return to Wycliffe College in 2006](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3818:congress-wvc47-revisited&catid=179)

On March 10th, 2006, the IVU webmaster was given the privilege of a tour of Wycliffe College, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, the ve…

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 [ ![11th World Vegetarian Congress 1947 - report](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc47/delegates.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3817:congress-wvc47-report&catid=179)

## [11th World Vegetarian Congress 1947 - report](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3817:congress-wvc47-report&catid=179)

THE 11th INTERNATIONAL VEGETARIAN CONGRESS AT STONEHOUSE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

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 [ ![11th World Vegetarian Congress 1947 - Raw Food in Health and Disease](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc47/bircher.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3816:congress-wvc47-raw-food&catid=179)

## [11th World Vegetarian Congress 1947 - Raw Food in Health and Disease](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=3816:congress-wvc47-raw-food&catid=179)

RAW FOOD IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. Chairman: Mr. Oluf EGEROD (Denmark) Dr. RALPH BIRCHER (Zurich) of the Bircher~Benner Clinic, said…

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