So Exactly how many students ARE there at Hogwartz?

[willsonteam]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "willsonteam" <willsonkmom@> wrote:
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> > I think, rather than a school---which is what I thought too---it 
> > refers to a women's civic group in Britain---with an American name. 
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> But the book says those women were American, not British - "a group of middle-aged American witches". Although I agree that they were definitely not schoolgirls... :-).
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I know they were Americans, but I think JKR was assuming or pretending there would be chapters of the organization in the US. It's a better fit than a school from the US, given the description of the women. I think this is the organization seen in "Calendar Girls"---if you haven't seen the movie, you should. Very funny. (But you may need English subtitles.)

Here's a description of the WI, from its home page:
Welcome to the National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI), the largest voluntary organisation for women in the UK, with 210,000 members in England, Wales and the Islands.

The WI plays a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.