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Fourth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance
was held from 15 - 21 June 1908, at the
Concertgebouw
,
Amsterdam
, Netherlands.
[1]
The Fourth Congress numbered thirteen countries at its opening,
[2]
including delegates from the recently formed women's groups in
Bulgaria
, the
Czech lands
and
Hungary
.
[1]
Three new applications for membership were heard and the organizations accepted, namely, those of the
Bulgarian Women's Union
, which was presented by
Zheni Pateva
;
[1]
[2]
the Swiss
Verband fur Frauenstimmrecht
; the two associations of
Cape Town
and
Natal
, which had united for the purpose of affiliation, and thus represented South Africa. Fraternal delegates represented five additional countries, and as all the auxiliary associations had sent delegates to the meeting, twenty-one countries in all were represented in the Amsterdam Congress.
[2]
"England is the storm center of our movement," declared the President of the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance in the Amsterdam Congress, after hearing
Amy Sanderson
, one of the 3 national executive delegates describe the attitude of the British government and of middle class women.
[3]
This was the conviction of the Congress, which therefore resolved to hold the next International Woman's Suffrage Congress in
London
(in April, 1909).
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References
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- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain
: International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship's "Report of Congress" (1908)
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain
: K. Schirmacher's "The Modern Woman's Rights Movement: A Historical Survey" (1912)
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