Fifth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Suffrage Alliance Congress with Millicent Fawcett presiding, London 1909. Top row from left: Thora Daugaard (Denmark), (Norway), Aletta Jacobs (Netherlands), Annie Furuhjelm (Finland), Madame (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).
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] Delegates included (Denmark), Rosika Schwimmer (Hungary), Dr. Anita Augspurg (Germany), (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[]
- ^ "International Woman Suffrage Alliance. Constitution in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1909". Harvard University. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Delap 2006, p. 59.
Bibliography[]
- 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.
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