Research Topics for Women in World War I & the Interwar Period
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1907
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First International Conference of Socialist Women (Germany)
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1910s
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Margaret Cousins organized Women’s India Association (Ireland & India)
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Aleksandra Mikhaylovna Kollontay (USSR)
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Soldaderas (Mexican Revolution)
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Juliet Lanteri (National Feminist Party, Argentina
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1915
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International Congress of Women at the Hague, Jane Addams presided
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Pan-American Women’s Auxiliary in Washington, D.C.
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1916
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First Pan-American Child Congress in Buenos Aires
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1917
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Ella Negruzzi (Romania)​
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1919
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Zurich, Switzerland)​​
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1920s
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Clara González (Panama)
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Violet McNaughton
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Agrarian feminist from Saskatchewan
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Yone Suzuki (Japan)
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Elena Torres (Mexico)
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1920:
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International Women’s Suffrage Association meeting in Geneva, Switzerland
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Huda Sharawi (Egypt)
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Japan
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Ichikawe Fusae
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Shizue Kato​
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1922:
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Pan-American Women’s Conference(USA)
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1928:
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6th Pan-American Conference (Cuba)
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Doris Stevens called for equal rights in the Americas
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1930s
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East Asia
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1st woman lawyer/judge in China
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Popular Front movement (Spain)
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Anti-fascist, partnership between communists & Social Democrats
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Pan-American feminists
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Victoria Ocampo (Argentina)​
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Alicia Moreau (Argentina)
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Petrona Eyle (Argentina)
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League of Nations
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Marta Vergara (Chile)
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Paulina Luisi (Uruguay)
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Halide Edip (Turkish feminist & novelist)
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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (India)
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Mattel Mogannam (Palestine)
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Equal Rights Treaty
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Drafted by Alice Paul, international version of the Equal Rights Amendment proposed in the USA, 1920s
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World War II, Decolonization & the Cold War
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1940s
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Eva Peron (Argentina)
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Sophie Scholl (Germany)
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Gertrude Boyarski
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Ding Ling (China)
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Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Nigeria)
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Founding Mothers of German Basic Law
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1945
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Inter-American Conference on Problems of War
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Bertha Lutz (Brazil)
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United Nations
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Alice Kandaleft (Syria)​
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Imperialism & Resistance​
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Yaa Asantewaa (Ghana)
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Supported Philippine-American War
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Nongqqawase (South Africa)​
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Charlotte Olujamoke Obasa (Nigeria)
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Bartolina Sisa (Bolivia)
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1950s
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandi (India)
- 1st woman president of the UN general assembly
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International Women’s Day
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May 8, 1950
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Alimotu Pelewura (Nigeria)
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- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandi (India)
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1960s
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​​Maria Carolina de Jesus (Brazil)
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Golda Meir (Israel)
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1970s
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Right wing women (Chile)
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Sima Walk in the USSR-Afghan War
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Women in the non-aligned movement/decolonization
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Women’s International Democratic Federation (Asia & Africa)
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Djamila Bouhired (Algeria)​
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