[3] Shirin Fozdar held a public meeting where women, such as Elizabeth Choy, Vilasini Menon, Mrs. Robert Eu and Amy Laycock came to decide what such a group would look like.
[8] The executive committee of the SCW was very diverse in nature, featuring women of Chinese, Malay, Eurasian and European heritage.
[7] During the 1950s, the SCW campaigned against the practice of polygamy,[9] advocated for child care and lobbied the government to make reforms in prostitution.
[11] In February 1953, the SCW opened a girls club at the Joo Chiat Welfare Centre.
[12] In 1959, the SCW lobbied the country's political parties to include women's rights under marriage in their platforms.