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Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening (Women's Progress Association) (1885–1893), focus on women's voting rights; Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund (Society of Female Artists), founded 1916; Kvindelig Læseforening (Women Readers' Association), 1872–1945; Kvinderådet (The Women's Council in Denmark), Danish arm of the International Council of Women
Women's clubs in the United States were indexed by the GFWC, and also by Helen M. Winslow who published an annual "register and directory" of the GFWC ones and some more, which was in its 24th annual edition in 1922. [7] The GWFC did not admit clubs for African-American women, and Winslow's directory seems to omit them too.
The European Women's Lobby was created in response to a growing awareness of the need to defend women's interests at the European level. European women's organizations had conferences as early as 1982 to create a structure of cooperation within the European Economic Community. Among the leading figures were Fausta Deshormes, Hilde Albertini ...
This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in Europe and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.
They were able to meet with state officials in order to have a say in community events. Until the right to vote was granted, these women's clubs were the best outlet for women to be heard and taken seriously. Women's clubs spread very rapidly after 1890, taking up some of the slack left by the decline of the WCTU and the temperance movement ...
Europe is behind the U.S., where women run 10.4% of Fortune 500 businesses. ... Rather than a top 10 that includes major tech businesses, as is the case in the United States' Fortune 500, the top ...
During the early years of public administration, textbooks and curriculum largely overlooked minorities and dismissed contributions that reflected women's experience. The later 1900s brought heightened sensitivity of these issues to the forefront, with shifts in public opinion producing the Civil Rights Act, equal opportunity initiatives, and job protection laws.
Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories. Subcategories. ... Women Members of the European Parliament (31 C, 2 P) * Women presidents in Europe (1 C, 23 ...