Women's International Council of Socialist and Labour Organizations
The Women's International Council of Socialist and Labour Organizations was a body established within the Second International to enable special conferences of the socialist and labour movements to be held.[1] It was founded at the First International Conference of Socialist Women in Stuttgart, 1907.
National sections
[edit]The Council organised the Second International Women's Conference in Copenhagen in 1910, at which it was resolved to form national sections.[2]
British Section
[edit]The British Section was formed with Margaret Bondfield as chair, with Margaret McDonald as secretary. Both these women came from the Women's Labour League (WLL).[2] Ethel Bentham, another prominent member of the WLL participated as the representative of the Fabian Society.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Dutt, R. Palme (Rajani Palme) (1920). The Two Internationals. london: The Labour Research Department. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ a b Collette, C. (2009). The Newer Eve: Women, Feminists and the Labour Party. Baasingstoke: Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-23698-1.
- ^ Marks, Lara (1996). Metropolitan Maternity: Maternal and Infant Welfare Services in Early Twentieth Century London. Amsterdam: Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-5183-913-5.