Women and Social Movements, International—1840 to Present is a landmark collection of primary materials. Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life. Women and Social Movements, International is the collaborative product of five years of work by hundreds of historians, librarians, archivists, and IT professionals. This digital archive includes conference proceedings, reports of international women's organizations, publications and web pages of women's non-governmental organizations, and letters, diaries, and memoirs of women active internationally since the mid-nineteenth century. It also includes photographs and videos of major events and activists in the history of women’s international social movements. Finally, we have commissioned from leading contemporary scholars 30 essays exploring themes illuminated by the primary documents in the archive.
Organizations: Africa-America Institute, Associated Country Women of the World, Equal Rights International, Inter-American Commission of Women, International Abolitionist Federation, International Alliance of Women, International Council of Jewish Women, International Council of Women, International Federation of Working Women, International Labor Organization, International Women's Rights Action Watch, International Women's Tribune Centre, League of Nations, National Council of Negro Women, Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association, Peace and Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organisations, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Women's Africa Committee Records, 1958-1978, and more
Themes: abolition of slavery, citizenship, colonization and empire, disarmament, education, environmentalism, immigration, law enforcement, political and human rights, treaties, United Nations, religion, socialism, suffrage, temperance campaigns, women of color, women's health, work and class identity, and more
Content Types: biographies, conference proceedings, diaries, documentaries, essays, government documents, interviews, letters, maps, meeting minutes, news articles, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, press releases, resolutions, speeches, and more
Conference Proceedings: Two-thirds of this database consists of the conference proceedings from more than 400 transnational conferences, and 150,000 pages, organized by and about women since 1840. Many themes recur: the promotion of women’s legal and civil rights, access to jobs and education, provisions for women’s health, and building women’s networks and collective voices through conferences and journals.
All Asian Women's Conference, First Session, Lahore, India, Jan. 19-25, 1931
Objectives of the All Asian Women’s Conference included: 1.) To promote the consciousness of unity amongst the women of Asia as members of a common Oriental culture. 2.) To take stock of the qualities of Oriental civilization so as to preserve them for national and world service (simplicity, philosophy, art, the cult of the family, veneration for motherhood, spiritual consciousness). 3.) To review and seek remedies for the defects at present apparent in Oriental civilization (ill-health, illiteracy, poverty and underpayment of labor, infantile mortality, marriage customs). 4.) To sift what is appropriate for Asia from the Occidental influences (education, dress, freedom of movement, cinemas, machinery). 5.) To strengthen one another by exchange of data and experiences concerning women's conditions in the respective countries of Asia (economic, moral, political, and spiritual status). 6.) To promote world peace.
Women's Press and Publications in the Arab World, 3rd International Conference. Cairo, September 4-7, 1990
The Women’s Press and Publications in the Arab World Conference focused on sharing knowledge and information about women’s movements and presses across Arab countries, and how to use such publications to tackle opposition to women’s rights.
