WOMEN FROM ALL THE AMERICAS HOPE TO DEVELOP CLOSE CO-OPERATION IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE & EVENTUALLY THE WORLD
Baltimore, Maryland (JFK+50) On April 20, 1922, "women from all the Americas assembled here" in Baltimore " in conference* on subjects of special concern to women--education, child welfare, women in industry, prevention of traffic in women, civil and political status of women and international friendliness."
The Evening Star reports the main purpose of the conference is "to develop the closest possible co-operation between the women of these countries, and it is hoped eventually...throughout the world."
Megan Threlkeld describes the conference as the first attempt by women to become involved in international relations since passage of the 19th amendment in 1920.
Mrs. Maud Wood Park**, president of the National League of Women Voters, said...
"We women have problems in common that are not defined by national boundaries."
*The Pan American Conference of Women met in Baltimore, MD., April 20-29, 1922.
**Maud Wood Park (1871-1955) was born in Boston & graduated from Radcliffe, 1898. MWP became a suffragist & women's rights activist. She founded the College Equal Suffrage League & served as president of the National League of Women Voters, 1920-1924.
SOURCES
"The Pan American Conference of Women, 1922: Successful Suffragists Turn to International Politics," by Megan Threlkeld, Diplomatic History, Vol 31, No 5, November 2007, Blackwell Publishing Company, Malden, MA
"Women Of All Americas Attack World Problems," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 20, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
