Women of 1915

This Spring, on April 28, the Peace Palace in The Hague (The Netherlands) will participate in the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the International Congress of Women that took place in the city of The Hague in 1915. The women who attended this Congress a 

century ago, were suffragists who up until that time,

 met every other year

 through their national organization at the 

International Women

 Suffrage Alliance. Due to the outbreak of World War I, their 1915

 meeting

 could not take place in Berlin. Despite of the war, the idea of solidarity

 among the women from different countries did remain intact. A small delegation

 headed by Dutch suffragist and physician Dr. Aletta Jacobs, believed it to be

 important to organize a meeting, even during wartime, to discuss the principles of constructive peace.

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