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Traveled with Jane Addams, Emily Balch, Lucia Ames Mead, Florence Kelley, Mary Church Terrell, Jeanette Rankin, Mrs. John Jay White, Rose S. Nichols, and B. Hamilton. Also mentions Lillian Wald and Mrs. Fuller. Toured the devastated regions of France with Mead and Nichols for two days. Discussion of the effects of World War I on various French cities and villages, and the problems of war and imperialism. Then on to Paris, where Post mentions a letter most of the women signed to President Woodrow Wilson, and the response from Wilson sent to Jane Addams. In Paris, Post discusses the number of delegates allowed to vote at the Congress, the countries present, list of rules, and the executive committee meetings. Then on to Zurich for the official “International Conference of Women for Permanent Peace,” 12 May 1919. Mentions various reports from each nation, including a discussion of the German contingent’s protests of German military aggression in Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, etc. The Great Britain and Holland contingents reported on their support of Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and opposition to poisonous gases, etc. Discusses resolutions proposed, motions carried, and other official business. Subjects of meetings and resolutions included: peace, food, education, disarmament, women’s role in reconstruction, public health, race discrimination, socialism, trafficking of women and children, the League of Nations, etc. Considerable controversy and debate over the subject of socialism. Discussion of election of executive committees, and president (Addams). With this meeting the group officially became known as the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Author

Alice Thacher Post, 1853-1947

Collection

Women and Social Movements, International

Copyright Message

John Herman Randall, Jr. Papers, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Content Type

Diary/Memoir/Autobiography

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Text

Page Count

32

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Transnational Women’s Movement, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional