Series VII. Women and peace organizations

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1910
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1983
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{"value"=>"<p>Schwimmer's experiences as an office worker in Budapest inspired her to organize in defense of women's' vocational rights. Her interest in this cause soon expanded to include larger feminist and pacifist issues, in Hungary and on the international stage. Schwimmer became an advocate for woman suffrage, birth control, and dress reform. She participated in founding the National Organization of Hungarian Women Office Workers, the Hungarian Association of Working Women, the Hungarian Feminist Association, and the Hungarian National Council of Women. From 1907 to 1919 she was editor to the Hungarian Feminist Association's journal A Nö (The Woman).</p> <p>Compiled by Schwimmer and Edith Wynner under the rubric \"Women and Peace Organizations,\" this series contains documents pertaining to her participation in the pacifist and woman suffrage movements in Europe and the United States. Among the groups and events represented are the Hungarian Feminists Association, the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, the World Center for Women's Archives, and several other societies.</p> <p>Materials include correspondence; organizational records such as meeting minutes, speeches and resolutions; congress documents; Schwimmer's handwritten notes; memorabilia; newspaper clippings and other printed matter.</p> <p>Materials in Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish.</p>"}
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  1. VII.A. Hungarian Feminists Association [6/1]
  2. VII.B. International Congress of Women, The Hague [13/1]
  3. VII.C. International Woman Suffrage Alliance Congresses [2/1]
  4. VII.D. World Center for Women's Archives [2/1]
  5. VII.E. Miscellaneous organizations [4/1]