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15-621: Founded in 1871, the organization was inspired by Mathilde Bajer's membership of the Danish local branch of the Swiss Association internationale des femmes and her husband's interest in women's emancipation. The Women's Society set out to provide organized support for middle-class women. From the start, it was not affiliated to any political party. It strove to enhance the spiritual and economic status of women, making them more independent and providing an improved basis for self-employment. Initially,

30-467: The AIF and of Eugénie Niboyet 's feminist and pacifist weekly La Paix des Deux Mondes mark the start of identification by women with peace work. According to the historian Sandi Cooper, Goegg was responding to the growing militarism of Prussia and aimed for, "the re-education of mothers to prevent another generation of boys trained to respect the false idols of national glory through military conquest. The AIF

45-564: The Defense of Women's Rights). Signatories included Caroline de Barrau of France, Josephine Butler of England, Christine Lazzati of Milan and the German feminists Rosalie Schönwasser, Marianne Menzzer and Julie Kühne. Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin was also active in this organization. Matilde Bajer Pauline Matilde Theodora Bajer (4 January 1840 – 4 March 1934) was a Danish women's rights activist and pacifist. Pauline Matilde Theodora Schlüter

60-580: The association failed to develop a strong organizational foundation. By 1872 the AIF was viewed with suspicion, since the word "International" was associated with the Paris Commune . Members were also divided over Goegg's leadership. In June 1872 a communique was issued that called for a meeting at the home of Julie von May von Rued in Bern to organize a new association called Solidarité: Association pour la défense des droits de la femme (Solidarity: Association for

75-487: The emphasis was on women's access to education and on authorizing married women to have access to their own financial resources. In 1872, DWS opened a training school for women, Dansk Kvindesamfund Handelsskolen , followed in 1874 by a Sunday school for working women, Søndagsskolen for Kvinder , and in 1895 by a women's school of art, Tegneskolen for Kvinder . From 1906, attention was given to voting rights for women. This led to constitutional changes in 1915, giving women

90-447: The public sector and to call for reforms providing possibilities for pregnant women to give birth, thus preventing abortions. As a result, assistance centres for mothers ( mødrehjælpsinstitutioner ) were set up throughout the country. Under the German occupation, DWS helped to establish Danske Kvinders Beredskab , an organisation devoted to civil defence and preparedness, covering medical care and evacuation during bombing raids. Attention

105-477: The right to vote in elections to the Rigsdag or national parliament. Further attention was given to equality of employment and to general improvements in conditions for women and children. In 1919, this led to legislation improving salaries for women in public service and in 1921 to equal access for women and men to public positions. Between the two world wars, action was taken to prevent the firing of pregnant women in

120-538: The rights of gay and transgender people" and that "we see the LGBTQA movement as close allies in the struggle against inequality and we fight together for a society where gender and sexuality do not limit an individual." The presidents of the Danish Women's Society over the years have been: Association internationale des femmes The Association internationale des femmes ( AIF ; International Association of Women )

135-531: Was a short-lived feminist and pacifist organization based in Geneva that was active between 1868 and 1872. It demanded full equality between men and women. This was too radical for many feminists at the time. The origins of the association may perhaps be traced to the 1854 proposal by the Swedish feminist Fredrika Bremer for a women-only organization dedicated to peace. The Swiss feminist Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin (1826–99)

150-530: Was active in the International Peace and Freedom League when it was founded in 1867, became a member of its central committee and edited the league's journal Les États-Unis d'Europe . On 8 March 1868 the journal published Goegg's proposal to create an international association of women in connection with the league. This became the Association Internationale des Femmes (AIF). Foundation of

165-471: Was born on 4 January 1840 in Frederikseg, Herlufmagle Sogn, Næstved Municipality , Denmark. Her father was a landowner. She married Fredrik Bajer , whom she had known since adolescence, and convinced him that women should have an equal position to men in society. For a short period Mathilde Bajer was chairperson of the Danish Women's Society ( Dansk Kvindesamfund ), which she helped found in 1871. In 1885 she

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180-571: Was co-founder and a leading member of the political wing of the Women's Progress Association ( Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening ) which fought for women's suffrage, and succeeded in 1915. Mathilde and her husband always supported each other, and Mathilde Bajer was active in the Danish Peace Society ( Dansk Fredsforening ) to which Fredrik Bajer was dedicated. The English Quaker and pacifist Priscilla Hannah Peckover met Fredrik and Matilde Bajer at

195-783: Was given to women out of work and the social problems of single women. After the 1943 elections under which only two women were elected to the Folketing , efforts were made to encourage wider representation. Action calling for women priests led to legislative reforms in 1947. In the 1950s and 1960s, the main concern was social policy, especially in connection with single mothers. There was also support for homegoing housewives and for retraining women who had been out of work for some time. There were also calls for more kindergartens. The Danish Women's Society supports LGBTQA rights. The society has stated that it takes homophobia and transphobia very seriously, that "we support all initiatives that promote

210-584: Was the first transnational women's organization. It was concerned with women's suffrage and with secular education. The association demanded "equality in salary, in instruction, in the family, and in the law". An AIF membership card issued to Matilde Bajer of Copenhagen in December 1870 states that its goals were, "To work for the moral and intellectual advancement of woman, for the gradual amelioration of her position in society by calling for her human, civil, economic and political rights." The association's position

225-461: Was too extreme for many middle-class women, so the number of members remained relatively small. The association's activities were disrupted by the 1870 Franco-Prussian War , but it was revived by Goegg at the end of 1870. The organization received international coverage in pacifist and feminist publications, such as the journal Woman , edited and published in Italy by Alaide Gualberta Beccari . However,

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