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written by World's Anti-Slavery Convention: London, England; in Proceedings of the General Anti-Slavery Convention Called by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, and Held in London, from Friday, June 12th, to Tuesday, June 23rd, 1840, Day One, pp. 23-46 (London, England: British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1841)
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written by World's Anti-Slavery Convention: London, England; in Proceedings of the General Anti-Slavery Convention Called by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, and Held in London, from Friday, June 12th, to Tuesday, June 23rd, 1840, Day One, pp. 23-46 (London, England: British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1841)
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Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
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Front/back matter
Author / Creator
World's Anti-Slavery Convention : London, England
Date Published / Released
1841
Publisher
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Series
Proceedings of British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Rights of Enslaved Girls and Women, Abolition of Slavery, Equal Rights for Women
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Congrès International du Droit des Femmes Ouvert à Paris le 25 Juillet 1878, clos le 9 Août Suivant: Actes-Compte-Rendu des Séances Plé...
written by Congres International Du Droit Des Femmes (Paris, Ile-de-France: Auguste Ghio, 1878), 220 page(s)
This report provides a detailed overview of the themes and discussions of the International Congress on Women’s Rights, which was held in Paris in 1878 and included delegates from France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Russia, and the United States. After the opening session, the second session inquired into the h...
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written by Congres International Du Droit Des Femmes (Paris, Ile-de-France: Auguste Ghio, 1878), 220 page(s)
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This report provides a detailed overview of the themes and discussions of the International Congress on Women’s Rights, which was held in Paris in 1878 and included delegates from France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Russia, and the United States. After the opening session, the second session inquired into the history of feminist demands made in France and elsewhere and places women’s rights in the context of humankind’s march toward progre...
This report provides a detailed overview of the themes and discussions of the International Congress on Women’s Rights, which was held in Paris in 1878 and included delegates from France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Russia, and the United States. After the opening session, the second session inquired into the history of feminist demands made in France and elsewhere and places women’s rights in the context of humankind’s march toward progress. The third session looks at education, particularly women’s eligibility to receive general and work-related training as a means of improving their social and political situations. Related, the fourth and fifth sessions discuss women’s labor, including women’s domestic labor and strategies to overcome prejudice and discrimination in the workplace. The sixth and seventh sessions looked at the uneven concept of morality, which is understood as a series of guiding social “laws” influencing how men and women are expected to behave separately. The final sessions of the conference investigated women’s position in relation to laws and legislation, including regulations on prostitution, from a largely French perspective.
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Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Proceeding
Author / Creator
Congres International Du Droit Des Femmes
Date Published / Released
1878
Publisher
Auguste Ghio
Series
Proceedings of Independent Feminist Congresses
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Equal Rights for Women
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Troisième Congrès International, La Haye, 17-22 Septembre 1883
written by International Abolitionist Federation (1883), 157 page(s)
This document provides detailed transcription of the major events held during the thirteenth international meeting of the International Abolitionist Federation. The proceedings begin with a lengthy list of participants and then provides an overview of each of the six days of the conference. Discussions were broken...
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written by International Abolitionist Federation (1883), 157 page(s)
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This document provides detailed transcription of the major events held during the thirteenth international meeting of the International Abolitionist Federation. The proceedings begin with a lengthy list of participants and then provides an overview of each of the six days of the conference. Discussions were broken into two thematic branches; those focusing on law and legislation and those taking primary reference in health and hygiene. On the fir...
This document provides detailed transcription of the major events held during the thirteenth international meeting of the International Abolitionist Federation. The proceedings begin with a lengthy list of participants and then provides an overview of each of the six days of the conference. Discussions were broken into two thematic branches; those focusing on law and legislation and those taking primary reference in health and hygiene. On the first day, major sessions addressed the passing of the Contagious Disease Acts in Great Britain, including reflections by Josephine Butler and the place of abolitionism in the Netherlands. The second day included discussions of health and hygiene standards in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, the United States, Australia, and Great Britain. The day’s plenary session, led by Federation President Emile de Laveleye, investigated statistics associated with anti-venereal disease legislation. A public discussion on the Federation’s principles and goals ended the second day of the conference. On the third day, the hygiene branch met again to discuss venereal disease rates in Denmark while the day’s plenary session included James Stuart’s recollections of the British abolitionist campaign in both the metropole and the colonies. Day four included a discussion by Emilie de Morsier on the abolition of the morals brigade in Paris and a report on the abolitionist campaign in Italy. An open debate for male participants ended the day, which invited participation from various doctors studying venereal disease transmission. The fifth day of the conference focused specifically on whether brothels should be tolerated and whether prostitutes should be forced to undergo mandatory medical examinations, while the sixth and final day of the conference includes the closing speech made by Emile de Laveleye. The proceedings end with a list of the resolutions proposed and passed by the Federation’s Legal and Hygiene sections.
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Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Proceeding
Author / Creator
International Abolitionist Federation
Date Published / Released
1883
Series
Proceedings of International Abolitionist Federation
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written by International Abolitionist Federation; in Cinquième congrès international tenu du 10 au 13 septembre 1889, à Genève: Compte rendu officiel des travaux du congrès (Geneva, Geneva Canton: Secrétariat de la FAI, 1890)
These proceedings begin with the constitution of the International Abolitionist Federation and then the program of the September 1889 meeting held in Geneva. The first pages of the proceedings note the members on the federation’s executive committee as well as national delegates from various countries and provid...
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written by International Abolitionist Federation; in Cinquième congrès international tenu du 10 au 13 septembre 1889, à Genève: Compte rendu officiel des travaux du congrès (Geneva, Geneva Canton: Secrétariat de la FAI, 1890)
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These proceedings begin with the constitution of the International Abolitionist Federation and then the program of the September 1889 meeting held in Geneva. The first pages of the proceedings note the members on the federation’s executive committee as well as national delegates from various countries and provide a copy of the Federation’s constitution and the conference program. The proceedings include the full texts of papers presented at...
These proceedings begin with the constitution of the International Abolitionist Federation and then the program of the September 1889 meeting held in Geneva. The first pages of the proceedings note the members on the federation’s executive committee as well as national delegates from various countries and provide a copy of the Federation’s constitution and the conference program. The proceedings include the full texts of papers presented at a series of topical sessions. The first section focused on hygiene and had lectures by Professor J.L. Chanfleury van Ijsselstein of The Hague, Professor Stoukowenkoff from Kiev and Mr. Ochsenbein. The next section focused on social morality and offered papers by Mlle. de Hogendorp, Mme. E. Audeoud-Monod, and Professor Charles Secretan. After a business meeting, Mr. Laurent Karcher addressed the group with a greeting from the Geneva branch of the federation. Emile de Laveleye provided an overview of progress in recent years of various national affiliates of the federation. The first and second evenings of the conference included separate public meetings for men and women. On the first night, Dr. Forel, the president of the Federation’s Hygiene Section, gave an address for his male audience. Mrs. Audeoud-Monod presided over the women’s meeting. The second day of the conference began with a meeting of the Federation’s Legislation section, which was directed by Mr. Bogelot, the president of the Section. Professor Félix Bovet provided an address entitled “The Limits of State Intervention in Matters of Prostitution.” This session was followed by a meeting of the Social Morals section, which included a speech by Mr. Edouard Krüger, who argued against the philosophy that prostitution is a “necessary evil.” He was followed by Mrs. Klerck, who spoke on the Abolitionist Movement in Holland, and Mr. H. Roehrich, who read a contribution by Mr. Jules Pagny called “Registered Prostitution and Clandestine Prostitution from a Social and Moral Point of View.” A Public Meeting followed, presided by Mr. Emile de Laveleye, which included a paper given by Professor Secrétan on the “Rights of Women and Children.” Other discussions were led by Mr. F. Thiess, Mr. John Dynock, Mr. Van Swindern, and Mr. Louis Roehrich. The Federation again broke into meetings for men and women, and it was noted that the women’s meeting included a large contingent of working-class women and their needs were the focus of the evening’s conversation. The third day of the conference began with a meeting with the Hygiene Section, during which Mr. Westerberg of Stockholm, Sweden, gave two addresses: “Statistical Sources and their Comparative Value in the Study of Regulation” and “ The Results of Regulation in Stockholm.” These papers were followed by Professor Celso Pellizzari’s discussion of the “Uneffectiveness of the ‘Visite Obligatoire’ [mandatory hygiene inspection].” The morning meeting was followed by the Legislation Section’s discussion of the White Slave Trade. The fourth day of the conference began with a meeting of the Hygiene Section, including a presentation by Professor James Stuart of Cambridge University, speaking on “The Contagious Disease Acts in England and India.” A meeting of the Legislation Section followed, with Mr. Ochsenbein presenting on “The Project of Revising the Penal Code of Neuchâtel. Following an afternoon business meeting among Federation members, the closing session was opened to the public which included closing statements by Federation members of various nationalities. The document concludes with a list of Resolutions adopted by the Geneva Congress of 1889.
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Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Front/back matter
Author / Creator
International Abolitionist Federation
Date Published / Released
1890
Publisher
Secrétariat de la FAI
Series
Proceedings of International Abolitionist Federation
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Campaigns Against Prostitution and Sex Trafficking
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Report Made to the First Convention of the World Women's Christian Temperance Union, Held In Boston, U.S.A., Nov. 10-19, 1891
written by Mary Greenleaf Clement Leavitt, 1830-1912 (Boston, MA: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1891, originally published 1891, first release 1891), 71 page(s)
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written by Mary Greenleaf Clement Leavitt, 1830-1912 (Boston, MA: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1891, originally published 1891, first release 1891), 71 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Proceeding
Author / Creator
Mary Greenleaf Clement Leavitt, 1830-1912
Date Published / Released
1891
Publisher
Alfred Mudge & Son
Series
Proceedings of World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Minutes of the Third Biennial Convention and Executive Committee Meetings of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Including Presi...
written by World Woman's Christian Temperance Union (London, England: White Ribbon Company, 1895), 313 page(s)
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written by World Woman's Christian Temperance Union (London, England: White Ribbon Company, 1895), 313 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Proceeding
Author / Creator
World Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Date Published / Released
1895
Publisher
White Ribbon Company
Series
Proceedings of World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Topic / Theme
Women and Religion, Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Religious Leadership and Religious Activism, Temperance Campaigns, Equal Rights for Women
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Opinions féministes à propos du Congrès Féministe de Paris de 1896
written by Clotilde Dissard, fl. 1895 (Paris, Ile-de-France: V. Giard et E. Brière, 1896), 17 page(s)
The sociologist Clotilde Dissard offers a report and critical review of the 1896 International Feminist Congress, held in Paris. The author places conference discussion into six categories, including feminism, marriage and the family, women’s labor, prostitution, women’s rights to education, and women’s poli...
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written by Clotilde Dissard, fl. 1895 (Paris, Ile-de-France: V. Giard et E. Brière, 1896), 17 page(s)
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The sociologist Clotilde Dissard offers a report and critical review of the 1896 International Feminist Congress, held in Paris. The author places conference discussion into six categories, including feminism, marriage and the family, women’s labor, prostitution, women’s rights to education, and women’s political rights. Writing from the French perspective, the author privileges the voices of French participants and then places their opinio...
The sociologist Clotilde Dissard offers a report and critical review of the 1896 International Feminist Congress, held in Paris. The author places conference discussion into six categories, including feminism, marriage and the family, women’s labor, prostitution, women’s rights to education, and women’s political rights. Writing from the French perspective, the author privileges the voices of French participants and then places their opinions and arguments in context with wider social and political beliefs on women’s rights. The author concludes that there were perhaps too many divergent opinions presented on the topic of feminism during the conference, making the conversation contradictory and “ridiculous” at times. A greater emphasis on women’s education, according to Dissard, would lead to a better perspective.
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Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Pamphlet
Author / Creator
Clotilde Dissard, fl. 1895
Date Published / Released
1896
Publisher
V. Giard et E. Brière
Series
Proceedings of Independent Feminist Congresses
Topic / Theme
Women and Education, Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation, Campaigns Against Prostitution and Sex Trafficking, Equal Rights for Women
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Der International Kongress für Frauenwerke und Frauenbestrebungen in Berlin, 19. bis 26. September 1896: Eine Sammlung der auf dem Kongress...
written by Rosalie Shoenflies, fl. 1896 (Berlin, Berlin State: H. Walther, 1897), 423 page(s)
International Congress for Women’s Work and Activities in Berlin, September 19-26, 1896
This volume is a collection of speeches and discussions from the 1896 International Congress for Women’s Work and Activities (Frauenwerke und Frauenbestrebungen) in Berlin edited by Rosalie Schoenflies, Lina Morgenstern,...
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written by Rosalie Shoenflies, fl. 1896 (Berlin, Berlin State: H. Walther, 1897), 423 page(s)
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International Congress for Women’s Work and Activities in Berlin, September 19-26, 1896
This volume is a collection of speeches and discussions from the 1896 International Congress for Women’s Work and Activities (Frauenwerke und Frauenbestrebungen) in Berlin edited by Rosalie Schoenflies, Lina Morgenstern, Minna Cauer, Jeannette Schwerin and Marie Raschke. Although many participants spoke German, the editors printed each speech in the cho...
International Congress for Women’s Work and Activities in Berlin, September 19-26, 1896
This volume is a collection of speeches and discussions from the 1896 International Congress for Women’s Work and Activities (Frauenwerke und Frauenbestrebungen) in Berlin edited by Rosalie Schoenflies, Lina Morgenstern, Minna Cauer, Jeannette Schwerin and Marie Raschke. Although many participants spoke German, the editors printed each speech in the chosen language of the speaker (English, French and German) as a testament to the international character of the congress. Some 1,700 participants from almost all European countries, including Russian provinces, and the United States worked towards the Congress goal of “the evaluation of the goals and status of the Women’s Movement in civilized countries and the exchange of perspectives on the key points.” Main session themes included the status of the women’s movement in different countries, kindergarten, childcare, girls’ education, female teachers’ education, vocational education, the arts, girls’ secondary schools, women’s universities, women in commerce, factories and trades, professional schools, healthcare, welfare facilities, temperance efforts, moral questions, social work, the legal status of women, women in literature and the question of peace. Smaller section meetings discussed the main themes as well as more specific topics such as clothing reform. Each discussion was documented in this collection and the detailed table of contents lists the names of each session speaker accompanied by his or her nationality or lecture title.
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Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Proceeding
Author / Creator
Rosalie Shoenflies, fl. 1896
Date Published / Released
1897
Publisher
H. Walther
Series
Proceedings of Independent Feminist Congresses
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Equal Rights for Women
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Report of the Fourth Biennial Convention of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Held in The Pavilion, and Massey Music Hall, Tor...
written by World Woman's Christian Temperance Union (World Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1897), 249 page(s)
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written by World Woman's Christian Temperance Union (World Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1897), 249 page(s)
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Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Proceeding
Author / Creator
World Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Date Published / Released
1897
Publisher
World Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Series
Proceedings of World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Women and Religion, Temperance Campaigns, Religious Leadership and Religious Activism
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Actes du Congrès Féministe International de Bruxelles, publiés par les soins de Mlle Marie Popelin, organisé par la Ligue Belge du Droit...
written by Ligue belge du droit des femmes (Brussels, Bruxelles Region: C. Bulens, 1898), 168 page(s)
This text outlines the proceedings of the International Feminist Congress held in Brussels, in the summer of 1897. The international group focused on five major themes: women’s civic rights; the nature of patriarchy; women’s economic rights; the status of the feminist movement; and women and public charity. In...
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written by Ligue belge du droit des femmes (Brussels, Bruxelles Region: C. Bulens, 1898), 168 page(s)
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This text outlines the proceedings of the International Feminist Congress held in Brussels, in the summer of 1897. The international group focused on five major themes: women’s civic rights; the nature of patriarchy; women’s economic rights; the status of the feminist movement; and women and public charity. In the discussion on women’s civic rights, a number of speakers addressed concerns brought forth by a new German civic code with attent...
This text outlines the proceedings of the International Feminist Congress held in Brussels, in the summer of 1897. The international group focused on five major themes: women’s civic rights; the nature of patriarchy; women’s economic rights; the status of the feminist movement; and women and public charity. In the discussion on women’s civic rights, a number of speakers addressed concerns brought forth by a new German civic code with attention also given to English and Russian women’s civic status. The second session, which investigated men’s social and biological roles, questioned the degree to which male privilege is socially constructed. In the discussion of women’s economic rights, many speakers linked the idea of economic independence with the goals of feminism––itself a topic elaborated upon in the Congress’s fourth session. The fifth and final session looked at women’s participation in charitable organizations, and hypothesized on how to make women’s public work in this arena more socially palatable.
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Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Proceeding
Author / Creator
Ligue belge du droit des femmes
Date Published / Released
1898
Publisher
C. Bulens
Series
Proceedings of Independent Feminist Congresses
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women
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