1915 International Congress of Women

ICW Proposed

Feb 22, 1915

Aletta Jacobs, Rosa Manus and Inez Milholland Boissevain invite Jane Addams to attend an international Congress of Women to discuss efforts to end World War I. [See telegram (https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/7913)

American Delegation Forming

Mar 13, 1915

Addams invited Emily Greene Balch to join her as part of the delegation from the Woman's Peace Party to the International Congress of Women.

ICW opened in the Hague

Apr 28, 1915

1,136 women from 12 nations attended the opening of the International Congress of Women.