Fifth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance

Summary

The Fifth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance was held in London, England from April 26 to May 1, 1909. Twenty countries were represented. Representatives from twenty countries attended, with Carrie Chapman Catt presiding.[1]

Suffrage Alliance Congress with Millicent Fawcett presiding, London 1909. Top row from left: Thora Daugaard (Denmark), Louise Qvam (Norway), Aletta Jacobs (Netherlands), Annie Furuhjelm (Finland), Zinaida Mirovitch (Russia), Käthe Schirmacher (Germany), Madame Honneger, unidentified. Bottom left: Unidentified, Anna Bugge (Sweden), Anna Howard Shaw (USA), Millicent Fawcett (Presiding, England), Carrie Chapman Catt (USA), Fredrikke Marie Qvam (Norway), Anita Augspurg (Germany).

Delegates included Johanne Münter (Denmark), Rosika Schwimmer (Hungary), Dr. Anita Augspurg (Germany), Zinaida Mirovitch (Russia), and Gina Krog (Norway).[2]

The conference is sometimes referred to as the First Quinquennial International Woman Suffrage Alliance Meeting or the Fourth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance.

References edit

  1. ^ "International Woman Suffrage Alliance. Constitution in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1909". Harvard University. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ Delap 2006, p. 59.

Bibliography edit

  • Delap, Lucy (2006). "Citing: "Congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance" (April 15, 1909), The Common Cause". Feminism and the Periodical Press, 1900-1918. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-32026-9.

External links edit

  • Report of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, Report of Fifth Conference and First Quinquennial, London, England, April 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, May 1, 1909