International Woman Suffrage Alliance

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

International Woman Suffrage Alliance

Parallel form(s) of name

  • IWSA

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1902

      History

      The Alliance began in 1902 in Washington, United States of America when a group of leading suffragists from 11 countries met and decided to form an organisation. This organisation was envisaged as a central bureau to collect, exchange and disseminate information on suffrage work internationally. The IWSA was constituted in Berlin in 1904; its periodical, Jus Suffragii, began in 1906, and the Alliance met regularly until the outbreak of war in 1914. The group continued its operations throughout the First World War, and by the end of 1920 the IWSA had affiliated societies in 30 countries throughout the world, with its headquarters in London.

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      Authority record identifier

      GB/NNAF/C44976

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      ISAAR (CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).

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      Revised

      Level of detail

      Partial

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      Language(s)

      • English

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