International Council of Women

International Council of Women, Internationaler Frauenbund, Conseil International des Femmes
Founded: 1888
Sources: HB 1921, HB 1923, HB 1925, HB 1929, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

executive Bureau of 12 members (HB 1921); 13 members (HB 1923/25). HB 1936: The Executive Committee, composed of the Board of Officers, Presidents of affiliated National Councils, Conveners of the International Council of Women's Standing Committees.

• Countess Albert Apponyi Vice President 1938
• Ghenia Avril de Ste-Croix Vice President 1921-1938
• Anna Backer Secretary 1921-1925 / Vice President 1925-1929
• Baroness Pol Boel President 1938
• Princesse Alexandrine Cantacuzène Vice President 1925-1938
• Pauline Chaponnière-Chaix President 1921-1923 / Ex-President (President) 1923-1929
• Emily Dobson Vice President 1921-1925
• Henni Forchhammer Vice President 1921-1938
• Dame Marie Ogilvie Gordon Vice President 1921
• Belzy Kjelsberg Vice President 1929
• Mrs. Philip North Moore Vice President 1921-1938
• I. H. Moss Vice President 1938
• A. M. Newman Vice President 1938
• Marchioness Ishbel of Aberdeen and Temair Honorary President (President) 1921-1923 / President 1923-1938 / Honorary President (President) 1938
• Dr. Ingegerd Palme Vice President 1938
• Lena Madesin Phillips Vice President 1938
• Berta Pipin Vice President 1938
• F. F. Plaminkovâ Vice President 1925
• Maneklal Premehand Vice President 1938
• Dr. Alice Salomon Vice President 1921
• W. E. Sanford Treasurer 1923-1929
• Louise C.A. Van Eeghen Secretary 1921
• Elisabeth Zellweger Vice President 1938
• Helen Zimmern Secretary 1921-1925 / Secretary General 1925

Seats

• 16, Chemin Dumas: Geneva : Switzerland
  (HB 1921) no seat given in HB of 1923
• 17, Boulevard Helvetique: Geneva : Switzerland
  (HB 1925)
• 25 Victoria Street: Westminster: London: United Kingdom
  Central Bureau 1925
• 117, Victoria Street: Westminster: London: United Kingdom
  Central Office 1929
• 49, Rue Saint Georges: Paris: France
  HB 1936
• 112, Rue de Commerce: Brussels: Belgium
  HB 1938

Relationships with other Organisations

• this organisation (International Council of Women) is member of Co-ordinating Committee of the Major International Associations
• this organisation (International Council of Women) is member of Federation of International Semi-Official and Private Institutions Established at Geneva
• this organisation (International Council of Women) is member of Peace and Disarmement Committee of the Women's International Organisations
• this organisation (International Council of Women) is member of International Committee for the Coordination of Forces making for Peace

Members in these countries

national women councils' in the following countries:
Argentina (since 1921) , Austria (since 1921) , Belgium (since 1921) , Bolivia (since 1925) , Brazil (since 1925) , Bulgaria (since 1921) , Canada (since 1921) , Chile (since 1923) , China (since 1925) , Czechoslovakia (since 1925) , Denmark (since 1921) , Estonia (since 1921) , Finland (since 1921) , France (since 1921) , Germany (since 1921) , Great Britain and Ireland (1921-1923) , Greece (since 1921) , Guatemala (since 1925) , Hungary (since 1921) , Iceland (since 1921) , India (since 1925) , Ireland (since 1925) , Italy (since 1921) , Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia (since 1923) , Latvia (since 1923) , Mexico (since 1921) , Netherlands (since 1921) , New South Wales (since 1921) , New Zealand (since 1921) , Norway (since 1921) , Palestine (since 1925) , Peru (since 1929) , Poland (since 1925) , Portugal (since 1921) , Queensland (since 1921) , Republic of Cuba (since 1925) , Romania (since 1921) , Russia (1921-1925) , South Africa (since 1921) , South and Western Australia (since 1921) , Sweden (since 1921) , Switzerland (since 1921) , Tasmania (since 1921) , Ukraine (1921-1925) , United Kingdom (since 1925) , United States of America (since 1921) , Uruguay (since 1921) , Victoria (since 1921) , Yugoslavia (1921-1923) ,

Congresses

• 1922-1922 The Hague: Netherlands Comité exécutif
• 1924-1924 Copenhagen: Denmark
• 1925-1925 Washington N.W.: Washington D.C.: United States of America announced in HB of 1925

Object

1° Développer entre les femmes de tous les pays le sentiment de solidarité et d'entente réciproque; 2° Créer un lien entre les organisations féminines du monde entier; 3° Procurer aux femmes de toutes les parties du globe des occasions, où elles puissent se rencontrer et étudier les questions concernant le progrès social, le bien-être de l'individu et celui de la famille. (1) To promote among women of all countries sentiments of solidarity and mutual understanding ; (2) to provide a means of communication between women's organisations in all countries ; (3) to provide opportunities for women to meet together from all parts of the world to confer upon questions relating to the welfare of the commonwealth, the family and the individual.

Finances

Cotisations des différents Conseils nationaux. Subscriptions from the various National Councils.

Activities

Rapports annuels et quinquennaux. Rapports de Commissions: Paix et Arbitrage, Position légale de la femme, Suffrage, Traite des Blanches, Santé publique, etc. Des Conseils de femmes existent actuellement dans une trentaine de pays, comptant ensemble environ 25 millions de membres. Le Comité exécutif du Conseil a tenu sa dernière séance à La Haye en mai 1922; 26 pays y étaient représentés. La prochaine réunion aura lieu à Copenhague en 1924 (HB of 1923). Rapports annuels et quinquennaux. Rapports de commissions, finances, presse, paix et arbitrage, lois concernant la position légale de la femme, suffrage et droit civiques, unité de la morale et contre la traite des femmes, hygiène publique, éducation, émigration et immigration, travail et professions, protection de la jeunesse. Des conseils de femmes existent actuellement dans une quarantaine de pays, comptant ensemble environ 25 millions de membres. Le Comité exécutif du Conseil a tenu une séance à La Haye en mai 1922; 29 pays y étaient représentés. Une autre réunion s'est tenue à Copenhague en 1924. lia septième réunion quinquennale eut lieu à Washington en mai 1925 (HB of 1925). Annual and quinquennial reports ; reports of Committees : finance, press, peace and arbitration ; laws concerning the legal status of women, suffrage and civil rights, equal moral standard and the suppression of traffic in women; public health, education, emigration and immigration, trades and professions; protection of children and young persons ; cinema. The seventh quinquennial meeting took place at Washington in May 1925. The Executive and Standing Committees of the Council met in Geneva in 1924 and in London in 1929. The eighth quinquennial Council meeting will be held in Vienna in 1930. (HB 1929)