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Women's Rights Behind the Iron Curtain
written by Investigating Committee of Free Jurists. Women's Section, West Berlin, Germany, in Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) Records, 1945-1979, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 1 Folder 9, 18pp.) (Northampton, MA) (Berlin, Berlin State: Women's International Democratic Federation, 1954), 18 page(s)
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written by Investigating Committee of Free Jurists. Women's Section, West Berlin, Germany, in Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) Records, 1945-1979, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 1 Folder 9, 18pp.) (Northampton, MA) (Berlin, Berlin State: Women's International Democratic Federation, 1954), 18 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Investigating Committee of Free Jurists. Women's Section, West Berlin, Germany
Date Published / Released
1954
Publisher
Women's International Democratic Federation
Person Discussed
Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953
Topic / Theme
Cold War, 1945-1989, Political and Human Rights, Work and Class Identity, Social Reform and Political Activism, Family Rights, Maternity Protection, Labor Standards, Sexual Division of Labor, Social and Cultural Rights, Socialism, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Women's societies. Our youngest women's association
in Domaće ognjište, Vol. IX, Issue 8, April 16, 1909, pp. 162-165 (1909), 4 page(s)
TITLE: Women's Societies: Our Youngest Women's Association. DESCRIPTION: The text describes the activities of Ženska udrugaza promicanje kućne industrije (Women’s Association for Promotion of Home Industry), founded in Petrinja in 1909. The association’s president was Zlata Kovačević, while the patron was...
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in Domaće ognjište, Vol. IX, Issue 8, April 16, 1909, pp. 162-165 (1909), 4 page(s)
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TITLE: Women's Societies: Our Youngest Women's Association. DESCRIPTION: The text describes the activities of Ženska udrugaza promicanje kućne industrije (Women’s Association for Promotion of Home Industry), founded in Petrinja in 1909. The association’s president was Zlata Kovačević, while the patron was Sofie, duchess of Hohenberg, the wife of the heir to the Habsburg throne. The author explains that similar associations were founded in...
TITLE: Women's Societies: Our Youngest Women's Association. DESCRIPTION: The text describes the activities of Ženska udrugaza promicanje kućne industrije (Women’s Association for Promotion of Home Industry), founded in Petrinja in 1909. The association’s president was Zlata Kovačević, while the patron was Sofie, duchess of Hohenberg, the wife of the heir to the Habsburg throne. The author explains that similar associations were founded in Hungary, Czech lands, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Russia and elsewhere. The Vienna Zentral-Spitzenkurs was founded by the archduchess Maria Theresa after her visit to Dalmatia, where hundreds of women and girls started to earn their living through that cooperative. The author deplores that the ethnic origin of the handicrafts is obscured as they are marketed as "our Dalmatian, Austrian" embroideries. She is alarmed that a Viennese woman at the Vienna international exhibition for handicrafts could refer to (female) Dalmatians as “our peasants”. The author criticizes the taste of local ladies for "altdeutsch, baroque, secession" styles, and their neglect of domestic handicrafts. She hopes that Petrinja’s association will help to introduce to the "foreign world" the products of domestic home industry under their own name, as the products of Croatian embroiders and weavers. The text is signed by the initials M. pl. Š., from a small Croatian town of Sveti Ivan Zelina. For another example on the same subject, see Savka Subotić, “O našim narodnim tkaninama i rukotvorinama [On our national textiles and handicrafts],” in O našim narodnim tkaninama i rukotvorinama (Novi Sad, 1904). Keywords: Women and Institutions of Empire; Women and Practices/Cultures of Empire; Imperial Identity; Women and Nation within Empire; National Identity; Political and Human Rights; Social and Cultural Rights; Nationality Rights; Women and Economy; Habsburg Empire
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Periodical article
Date Published / Released
16 April 1909, 1909
Person Discussed
Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, 1862-1933, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, 1868-1914, Zlata Kovačević, fl. 1909
Topic / Theme
Women and Immigration, Political and Human Rights, Women and Development, Work and Class Identity, Nationality Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Economic Development, Women as “Proletariat”, Household Crafts, Croatians
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WOMEN AND PUBLIC LIFE
edited by Marsha Freeman, fl. 1999, Sharon Ladin, fl. 1999 and Margaret Adamek, fl. 1999; in The Women's Watch, Vol. 8, no. 2, September 1994 (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 1994), 4-5
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edited by Marsha Freeman, fl. 1999, Sharon Ladin, fl. 1999 and Margaret Adamek, fl. 1999; in The Women's Watch, Vol. 8, no. 2, September 1994 (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 1994), 4-5
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Periodical issue
Contributor
Marsha Freeman, fl. 1999, Sharon Ladin, fl. 1999, Margaret Adamek, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Social and Cultural Rights
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Words
written by Gertrude E. H. Bustill Mossell, 1855-1948, in The Christian Recorder, Vol. 16, no. 49, 5 December 1878, p. 1 (originally published 1878), 1 page(s)
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written by Gertrude E. H. Bustill Mossell, 1855-1948, in The Christian Recorder, Vol. 16, no. 49, 5 December 1878, p. 1 (originally published 1878), 1 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements in the United States,1600-2000
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Poetry
Author / Creator
Gertrude E. H. Bustill Mossell, 1855-1948
Date Published / Released
1878-12-05
Topic / Theme
Poetry, Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights
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Wordsworth's Use of Milton's Description of Pandemonium
written by Alice Dunbar-Nelson, 1875-1935, in Modern Language Notes, Vol. 24, no. 4, April 1909, pp. 124-125 (originally published 1909), 2 page(s)
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written by Alice Dunbar-Nelson, 1875-1935, in Modern Language Notes, Vol. 24, no. 4, April 1909, pp. 124-125 (originally published 1909), 2 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements in the United States,1600-2000
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Periodical article
Author / Creator
Alice Dunbar-Nelson, 1875-1935
Date Published / Released
1909-04
Person Discussed
William Wordsworth, 1770-1850
Topic / Theme
Poets, Poetry, Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights
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![World Congress of Women: The 'Old Left' Divided in Berlin [with typescript]](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1007972xxx/1007972233/1007972233-size-exact-140x0.jpg "World Congress of Women: The 'Old Left' Divided in Berlin [with typescript]")
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World Congress of Women: The 'Old Left' Divided in Berlin [with typescript]
written by Diana Russell, 1938- and Laura McKinley, fl. 1976, in Reflections on South Africa, of Diana Russell Personal Collection, in Majority Report, March 6-20, 1976, pp. 10-12 (1976), 13 page(s)
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written by Diana Russell, 1938- and Laura McKinley, fl. 1976, in Reflections on South Africa, of Diana Russell Personal Collection, in Majority Report, March 6-20, 1976, pp. 10-12 (1976), 13 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
News story
Author / Creator
Diana Russell, 1938-, Laura McKinley, fl. 1976
Date Published / Released
March 1976, 1976
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Social and Cultural Rights, Germans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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The World of Women
written by Phillis Talaat, fl. 1950, in Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive, of Smith College Libraries. Sophia Smith Collection (Countries Collection, Box 11:Egypt) (Cairo, Cairo Governorate: Le Claire, 1950, originally published 1950), 28 page(s)
This is a 28-page typewritten booklet about women in Egypt. It provides a brief history of Egyptian women, beginning with the ancient Egyptians, the rise of Islam, and the foundation of the feminist movement that led to emancipation for the women of Egypt. There are several black and white photos throughout.
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written by Phillis Talaat, fl. 1950, in Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive, of Smith College Libraries. Sophia Smith Collection (Countries Collection, Box 11:Egypt) (Cairo, Cairo Governorate: Le Claire, 1950, originally published 1950), 28 page(s)
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This is a 28-page typewritten booklet about women in Egypt. It provides a brief history of Egyptian women, beginning with the ancient Egyptians, the rise of Islam, and the foundation of the feminist movement that led to emancipation for the women of Egypt. There are several black and white photos throughout.
Collection
Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Phillis Talaat, fl. 1950
Date Published / Released
1950
Publisher
Le Claire
Topic / Theme
Women and Education, Women and Religion, Political and Human Rights, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation, Religious Prescriptions for Women, Family Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Egyptians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1950 Le Claire
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The World That Was Ours
written by Hilda Bernstein, 1915-2006 (London, England: Heinemann, 1967, originally published 67), 271 page(s)
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written by Hilda Bernstein, 1915-2006 (London, England: Heinemann, 1967, originally published 67), 271 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Hilda Bernstein, 1915-2006
Date Published / Released
0067, 1967
Publisher
Heinemann
Person Discussed
Lionel Bernstein, 1920-2002
Topic / Theme
Apartheid, South Africa, 1948-1994, Rivonia Trial, South Africa, November 26, 1963-June 12, 1964, Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Multi-Ethnic Participation in Social Movements, Social and Cultural Rights, Apartheid in South Africa, South Africans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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XXV ani din viaţa Reuniunei Femeilor Române Sălăgene: 1881-1906
written by Augustin Vicas, fl. 1897 (Libraria Centrala Universitara "Lucian Blaga" Cluj Napoca) (Simleul Silvaniei, Salaj County: Institutul Tipografic Victoria, 1906), 129 page(s)
TITLE: Twenty-Five Years of the Reunion of Romanian Women, 1881-1906. DESCRIPTION: The monograph consists of a year-by-year account of the activity of the The Reuniunea Femeilor Române/ Reunion of Romanian Women in Sălaj/Szilàgy county, between 1881 and 1906. The Reunion was part of Women’s Reunions (i.e. Wom...
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written by Augustin Vicas, fl. 1897 (Libraria Centrala Universitara "Lucian Blaga" Cluj Napoca) (Simleul Silvaniei, Salaj County: Institutul Tipografic Victoria, 1906), 129 page(s)
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TITLE: Twenty-Five Years of the Reunion of Romanian Women, 1881-1906. DESCRIPTION: The monograph consists of a year-by-year account of the activity of the The Reuniunea Femeilor Române/ Reunion of Romanian Women in Sălaj/Szilàgy county, between 1881 and 1906. The Reunion was part of Women’s Reunions (i.e. Women’s Associations) in Transylvania. The narrative is supported by and references on page margins ten annexed documents. The Addenda c...
TITLE: Twenty-Five Years of the Reunion of Romanian Women, 1881-1906. DESCRIPTION: The monograph consists of a year-by-year account of the activity of the The Reuniunea Femeilor Române/ Reunion of Romanian Women in Sălaj/Szilàgy county, between 1881 and 1906. The Reunion was part of Women’s Reunions (i.e. Women’s Associations) in Transylvania. The narrative is supported by and references on page margins ten annexed documents. The Addenda consist of official correspondence in Romanian and Hungarian, Reunion statutes, significant members’ speeches and several illustrations. The Reuniunea Femeilor Române/ Reunion of Romanian Women in Sălaj/Szilàgy county was created in 1881. Among its founders were Emilia Pop Hossu-Longin and Clara Maniu (1842-1929) (serving as President), both of them members of politically influential families, with ties to the Romanian National Party in Transylvania. Augustin Vicaș, the monograph’s author, was a Greek-Catolic (Eastern Catholic) priest, who served as secretary of the Reunion of Romanian Women in Sălaj/Szilàgy megye, between 1897 and 1905. ¶ According to the monograph, the Reunion opened an elementary school for girls in 1889. The school functioned in the town of Șimleu Silvaniei/Szilágysomlyó/Schomlemarkt until at least 1905, with an average of 30 students, drawn from educated middle class families in Sălaj/Szilàgy county. It financed itself through members’ donations, a regular subsidy from a Romanian bank in town, and royalties from the sale of a prayer book for which it was donated the copy rights. The school’s founders presented it both as an institution for women’s emancipation through education and as a way of competing with members of other nationalities in the Empire (especially Hungarian women). It subscribed to publicist George Baritiu’s ideas about the place of a good (but not highly theoretical) education for women within the Transylvanian Romanian nationalist movement. In the first years after its founding, the Reunion’s main struggle was to formally maintain the school’s status as a private school whose main language of teaching was Romanian, rather than turning it into a Romanian-language confessional school run by either the Eastern Catholic or the Orthodox Church. Concerning attempts at placing the association’s school under the remit of one of the two churches , the monograph’s author opined that it shed a negative light on the Romanian community and that “nationalism and confessionalism among the Romanian people must go arm in arm, without offending each other” (p.32). For decades, the school insisted on using the Romanian language in official business with regional educational authorities, invoking the Austro-Hungarian Law of Nationalities of 1868. It defined its scrupulously legalistic approach, evidenced by the monograph’s Addenda (for example Doc. 8), as “forcefully standing up in the legal domain/on legal grounds for the defense of our cherished national language” (p.46). From 1900, the Reunion focused increasingly on preserving and developing home industry production in the region, noticing that the originality of the “Romanian woman’s costume has been admired and praised by foreigners” – a nod to the use of peasant embroidery in transnational mobilization for the Transylvanian Romanian national cause in previous years. Beginning with 1900, Reunion members collected textiles, embroidery and entire women’s costumes from villages in the county. In 1901, it hosted an exhibition of homemade textiles, collected and sold by “the sister Reunion” from “the romantic county of Hunedoara” (p. 66), meant to benefit “fire-stricken” peasants from the village of Vaideeni. Significantly, the Hunedoara Reunion was presided over by a Sălaj/Szilàgy-county native. Interestingly, the Hunedoara Reunion had itself participated in exhibitions meant to support flood-stricken peasants from Upper Hungary (present day Slovakia), at the behest of Baroness Dithfurth. The monograph notes that on the occasion of the 1901 exhibition, “it was noticed with joy that women and girls from [Salaj] villages made copies of the most beautiful [Hunedoara] weaves in order to imitate them” (p. 65). The Reunion introduced the celebration of the Christmas tree, an occasion for donating objects to children in need. The Christmas tree celebration was described as a “humanitarian institution” and the Reunion hoped to spread the ceremony in the county’s villages. ¶ The monograph describes in a careful and detailed form the activities of one of the Transylvanian women’s Reunions (i.e., Associations), offering a good view of the concrete functioning of these women-centric associations over 25 years. The document describes Romanian nationalistic mobilization in an overwhelmingly rural county, an area which Reunion members perceived as marginal and a “frontier of Romanianess” (p.66). (The better documented Reunions usually functioned in larger cities, with a fairly strong Romanian middle class, such as Sibiu or Brasov). The book also offers a sense of how these organizations self-limited their activity on both gender and national questions. For instance, while the Reunion fought its protracted, mostly low-level, administrative battle for the use of Romanian in all official correspondence, it refrained from organizing its 1894 general assembly in an area where “spirits were agitated” due to the Memorandum trial. See also, “Elena Baiulescu and Elena Muresianu to Emilia Dr. Ratiu” (Letter, Brașov, României, June 16, 1894), 734/1905, Fond 1246 Personal Fond Dr. Ioan Ratiu, f.1, Romania. Arhivele Nationale. Arhivele Nationale Istorice Centrale Bucharest. KEYWORDS: Women and Practices/ Cultures of Empire; Women and Nation within Empire; Relations Between Women of Different Nationalities; Women and Nation-Building; Women and Relationship Between Nations in the Empire; Women and Struggle Between Nations in the Empire; Women and National Languages; National Identity; Social Reform and Political Activism; Women and Education; Gendered Education; Education in National Languages; Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation; Habsburg Empire; Kingdom of Hungary; Funds and donations; Handicrafts; Home industry
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Augustin Vicas, fl. 1897
Date Published / Released
1906
Publisher
Institutul Tipografic Victoria
Topic / Theme
Indigenous Women, Women and Development, Women and Education, Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Indigenous Women and Dress, Household Crafts, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation, Gendered Education, Empire and Education, National Identity, Indigenous Languages, Multi-Ethnic Participation in Social Movements, Social and Cultural Rights, Romanians
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Yes, I Went to Liberia
written by Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875-1955, in Responsibility, 1952, pp. 274-277 (originally published 1952), 4 page(s)
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written by Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875-1955, in Responsibility, 1952, pp. 274-277 (originally published 1952), 4 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements in the United States,1600-2000
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Periodical article
Author / Creator
Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875-1955
Date Published / Released
1952
Topic / Theme
Travel, Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Liberian
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