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TITLE: Carrie Chapman Catt to 'Aux femmes des etates du Balcan' [To the Women of the Balkan States], New York, early 1913. DESCRIPTION: Handwritten letter by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance IWSA, addressing “the women of the Balkan states,” asking them to send delegates to the upcoming seventh congress of the Alliance to be held in Budapest in June 1913, even as their nations are at war. The letter refers to Balkan Wars, which began on 8 October 1912. While there are conflicts between nations and classes “the subjection of women is common to all nations and all people” and the “joint efforts of the women of the world” are necessary to end this subjection. KEYWORDS: Women Interacting with Women, Social Movements, and Other Actors Beyond Empire; Peace and War, International Governance, and International Law; Balkan Wars 1912 and 1913; Women and War; Gender, Nation and Class; Habsburg Empire; Hungary; South Eastern Europe

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Author

Carrie Chapman Catt, 1859-1947

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Content Type

Letter

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Text

Page Count

1

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and War, Transnational Women’s Movement, Women and Rights, Balkan Wars, 1912-1913, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, International Woman Suffrage Alliance. 7th Congress: June 15-21, 1913 : Budapest, Hungary, Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Political and Human Rights, Social Reform and Political Activism, International Peace, Equal Rights for Women, Multi-Ethnic Participation in Social Movements

Topic

International Peace, Equal Rights for Women, Multi-Ethnic Participation in Social Movements

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher