“The Papers of Agnes Maude Royden”. Archives Hub: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Connections
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | Eleanor Rathbone | Margaret Ashton
, a Manchester cousin, resigned from the Liberal party over the issue of suffrage in 1906. Two years later she became the first woman elected to the Manchester City Council
. She was... |
Friends, Associates | Maude Royden | Courtney
and Royden served together as executive members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
, of which in 1911 Courtney became secretary. They also worked together as vice-chairs for the Women's International League (WIL) |
Occupation | Maude Royden | Though she had not attended the Women's International Congress
because of prohibitions on travel in the North Sea, MR
became the vice-president of the Women's International League (WIL)
. |
Occupation | Kathleen E. Innes | The Women's International League
headquarters in London suffered damage in an air raid, and at KEI
's invitation was moved to her house, Portway, at St Mary Bourne in Hampshire. Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta. 165, 254 |
Occupation | Maude Royden | MR
succeeded Helena Swanwick
in the position of chairman of the Women's International League (WIL)
. Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell. 219 |
Occupation | Kathleen E. Innes | Kathleen Royds
(later Innes) moved to London to become office secretary of the Women's International League
, British Section. Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta. 67, 246 |
Occupation | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
became the treasurer of the newly-established British branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
. She held this position until 1922. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion. 315-16 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Occupation | Kathleen E. Innes | KEI
was elected Vice-Chair of the Women's International League
, British Section; she remained in this position until 1934. Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta. 87 |
Occupation | Kathleen E. Innes | KEI
was elected as Women's International League
Chair at the Annual Council meeting held in London. Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta. 251 |
Occupation | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
elected EPL
president; she held this position for nine years, after which she stepped down and became vice-president. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion. 331 |
Occupation | Kathleen E. Innes | KEI
took on the Honorary Secretaryship of the Women's International League
at a divisive Annual Council Meeting at which the WIL Chair, Honorary Secretary, and Honorary Treasurer all resigned. Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta. 136, 251 |
Occupation | Kathleen E. Innes | Members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Executive Committee elected KEI
and Barbara Duncan Harris
to Co-Presidency in Europe of the Peoples' Mandate to Governments
. Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta. 130-1, 252 |
Occupation | Kathleen E. Innes | At the triennial international congress of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
held in Luhacovice, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), KEI
was elected as one of three International Vice-Chairs. Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta. 252 |
politics | Vera Brittain | She and Holtby attended a number of League of Nations
Assemblies, including the one held in August 1926 at Geneva in Switzerland, when Germany was accepted into the League. After 1923 these trips were... |
politics | Vera Brittain | VB
had supported a number of pacifist groups in the early 1930s, including the National Peace Council
, the Union of Democratic Control
, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
. Gorham, Deborah. Vera Brittain: A Feminist Life. Blackwell. 251 |
Timeline
1908: Jessie Crystal Macmillan became the first...
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1908
Jessie Crystal Macmillan
became the first woman (other than monarchs) to address the House of Lords
.
August 1914: The Union of Democratic Control was established...
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August 1914
The Union of Democratic Control
was established by J. Ramsay MacDonald
, Norman Angell
, Charles Trevelyan
, and E. D. Morel
.
Early August 1914: In response to the support for Britain's...
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Early August 1914
In response to the support for Britain's war effort pledged by Millicent Garrett Fawcett
and other National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Executive Committee members, several leading members of the Union resigned to form the...
28 April-1 May 1915: At the International Women's Peace Congress...
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28 April-1 May 1915
At the International Women's Peace Congress in The Hague, thirteen hundred women delegates from twelve countries founded the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace
; it became the Women's International League for Peace...
1 November 1915: The Women's International League (British...
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1 November 1915
The Women's International League
(British Section) was founded at a conference held at Westminster.
December 1915: Henry Ford's Peace Ship, the Oskar II, left...
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December 1915
Henry Ford
's Peace Ship, the Oskar II, left harbour at Hoboken, New Jersey, with one hundred and sixty people on board; they were sailing to Europe to promote mediation in the hope of...
April 1916: The Women's International League Monthly...
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April 1916
The Women's International League Monthly News Sheet, organ of the British Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
, began publication in London.
August 1916: The Independent Suffragette began monthly...
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August 1916
The Independent Suffragette began monthly publication in London.
22 January 1917: American President Woodrow Wilson made his...
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22 January 1917
17 September 1917: Constance Todd, later Constance Coltman,...
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17 September 1917
Constance Todd
, later Constance Coltman, became the first woman to be ordained to the ministry (of the Congregational
Church) in England.
12-17 May 1919: The Women's International League for Peace...
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12-17 May 1919
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
held its second conference at Zurich in Switzerland; it was at this conference that the organization assumed its lasting name.
12-17 May 1919: The Women's International League for Peace...
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12-17 May 1919
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
held its second conference at Zurich in Switzerland; it was at this conference that the organization assumed its lasting name.
28 June 1919: The Treaty of Versailles was signed, settling...
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28 June 1919
The Treaty of Versailles was signed, settling the peace terms imposed by the victors of World War I on Germany and its allied nations.
September 1919: A conference titled Women's Right to Work,...
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September 1919
A conference titled Women's Right to Work, sponsored by the Women's International League
, was held in Manchester.
1 January 1920: The League of Nations officially came into...
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1 January 1920
The League of Nations
officially came into being—without the United States, although the first suggestion for such a body had been made by President Woodrow Wilson
.
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