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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Predicate Object
instanceOf advocacy group ⓘ
feminist organization ⓘ
international non-governmental organization ⓘ
women's suffrage organization ⓘ
changedNameTo 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 Conference in Berlin ⓘ
foundedBy Aletta Jacobs ⓘ
Carrie Chapman Catt ⓘ
Millicent Garrett Fawcett ⓘ
linked to: Millicent 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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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

Susan B. Anthony ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
other European languages ⓘ
hasLaterName 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 Alliance of Women ⓘ
linked to: International Woman Suffrage Alliance
International Woman Suffrage Alliance → foundedAtEvent → International Woman Suffrage Conference in Berlin ⓘ
linked to: International Woman Suffrage Alliance
International Woman Suffrage Alliance → changedNameTo → International Alliance of Women ⓘ
linked to: International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Rosika Schwimmer → memberOf → International Woman Suffrage Alliance ⓘ
Lida Gustava Heymann → memberOf → International Woman Suffrage Alliance ⓘ
IWSA → standsFor → International Woman Suffrage Alliance ⓘ
International Woman Suffrage Alliance → originalName → International Woman Suffrage Alliance ⓘ
subject linked to: IWSA
Margery Corbett Ashby → memberOf → International Woman Suffrage Alliance ⓘ
Anita Augspurg → coFounded → International Woman Suffrage Alliance ⓘ