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- Peacemaking and International Order after the First World War
- Peacemaking and International Order after the First World War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Ordering Concepts
- Part II Institutions
- Part III Actors and Networks
- 12 The Great Conversation
- 13 An Alternative International Relations
- 14 The Paris Peace Conference and the Origins of Global Feminism
- 15 Colonial Nationalists and the Making of a New International Order
- Part IV Counterpoint
- Index
14 - The Paris Peace Conference and the Origins of Global Feminism
from Part III - Actors and Networks
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 May 2023
- Peacemaking and International Order after the First World War
- Peacemaking and International Order after the First World War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Ordering Concepts
- Part II Institutions
- Part III Actors and Networks
- 12 The Great Conversation
- 13 An Alternative International Relations
- 14 The Paris Peace Conference and the Origins of Global Feminism
- 15 Colonial Nationalists and the Making of a New International Order
- Part IV Counterpoint
- Index
Summary
The year 1919 saw an unprecedented wave of female activism unleashed by women who collectively decried the exclusion of ’half of humanity’ from the peace negotiations. Promises of a new international order rooted in self-determination, popular sovereignty and social justice served as the catalyst for these women: suffragists, pacifists, labour activists, pan-Africanists and anti-colonialists from Europe, North America, India, Korea, Egypt, China and beyond. Throughout 1919, they congregated in meeting halls and marched in the streets, demanding a voice in the peace negotiations and insisting on representation in democratic states and the new institutions of global governance. In their vision, a just and secure international order depended as much on safeguarding the rights of individuals as it did on facilitating the peaceful coexistence of nations. The result of their activism was an ever-expanding and intersecting network of women’s organisations dedicated to securing gender equality around the world
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- Peacemaking and International Order after the First World War , pp. 337 - 360Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023