International Woman Suffrage Alliance

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The International Woman Suffrage Alliance was a leading global organization founded in the early 20th century to coordinate and promote women’s right to vote across national borders.

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instanceOf advocacy group
feminist organization
international non-governmental organization
women's suffrage organization
changedNameTo International Woman Suffrage Alliance self-linksurface differs
surface form: International Alliance of Women
changeOfNamePeriod post-World War I era
cooperatesWith national suffrage organizations in Europe
national suffrage organizations in North America
national suffrage organizations in other regions
fieldOfWork gender equality
women's rights
women's suffrage
foundedAtEvent International Woman Suffrage Alliance self-linksurface differs
surface form: International Woman Suffrage Conference in Berlin
foundedBy Aletta Jacobs
Carrie Chapman Catt
Millicent Fawcett
surface form: Millicent Garrett Fawcett

representatives of national women's suffrage societies
foundedIn Berlin
foundedInCountry German Empire
foundedOn 1904-06-12
hasAbbreviation IWSA
hasActivity collecting and disseminating information on women's voting rights
cooperating with the League of Nations on women's status
coordinating campaigns across national borders
lobbying governments for women's suffrage
organizing international congresses
publishing reports and pamphlets
hasFoundingPurpose to coordinate and promote women's suffrage internationally
to secure women's right to vote
to unite national suffrage societies
hasHeadquarters Geneva
London, England
surface form: London

other European cities over time
hasKeyFigure Aletta Jacobs
Anna Howard Shaw
Carrie Chapman Catt
Margery Corbett Ashby
Millicent Fawcett
surface form: Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Susan B. Anthony
hasLanguage English
French
German
other European languages
hasLaterName International Woman Suffrage Alliance self-linksurface differs
surface form: International Alliance of Women
hasMemberType national women's rights organizations
national women's suffrage associations
hasMotto Equal Rights, Equal Responsibilities (or similar formulations used historically)
hasPresident Carrie Chapman Catt
Margery Corbett Ashby
hasRegionServed worldwide
hasStatus still active under the name International Alliance of Women
historicalPeriod early 20th century
interwar period
ideology feminism
liberal feminism
notableFor being one of the first global organizations for women's suffrage
coordinating suffrage movements in Europe and the Americas
influencing the extension of voting rights to women in multiple countries
operatesInSector civil society

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women's suffrage movement hasKeyOrganization International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Carrie Chapman Catt employer International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Carrie Chapman Catt founded International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Chrystal Macmillan memberOf International Woman Suffrage Alliance
International Woman Suffrage Alliance hasLaterName International Woman Suffrage Alliance self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: International Alliance of Women
International Woman Suffrage Alliance foundedAtEvent International Woman Suffrage Alliance self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: International Woman Suffrage Conference in Berlin
International Woman Suffrage Alliance changedNameTo International Woman Suffrage Alliance self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: International Alliance of Women
Rosika Schwimmer memberOf International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Lida Gustava Heymann memberOf International Woman Suffrage Alliance