Women's Peace Army

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The Australian Women's Peace Army was founded on July 15, 1915 in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . It was an Australia-wide organization with independent organizations in Sydney and Brisbane .

The motto of this women's organization was “We war against war” (German: “We war against war”) and the flag of this organization showed the feminine colors of purple, green and white. The best known members of the were Vida Goldstein as President, Cecilia John and Adela Pankhurst . Vida Goldstein was the first woman in Australia to run for a national parliamentary election in 1903. Emma Miller was also a member . The women's organization was radical and militant with a socialist anti-war stance that staged numerous events and demonstrations, passed petitions to members of parliament and put up peace-oriented candidates for parliamentary elections. The women's organization participated in the campaign against general conscription in Australia from 1916 to 1917, which ended with a referendum against general conscription. The Women's Peace Army disbanded in Melbourne on December 18, 1919 after the end of the First World War .

Other women's organizations that turned politically against the First World War were the Women's Political Association , Sisterhood of International Peace and Woman's Christian Temperance Union .

The association also supported women who were in need as a result of the war. Other organizations that primarily provided social support for the women of soldiers were the Australian Women's National League , Australian Red Cross , Country Women's Association and Voluntary Aid Detachment .

Web links

  • https://www.library.uq.edu.au/fryer-library/worth_fighting/4_peace_army_notice.html (link not available)
  • marxists.org : Vida Goldstein; Australia's Day of Degradation: Proclamation Day, October 2, 1916. Special Appeal by Women to Women. Manifesto. Australia's Women's Peace Army

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b womenaustralia.info : Women's Peace Army (1915-1919) (English), accessed on March 29, 2011
  2. ↑ awm.gov.au : Australian War Memorial: Vida Goldstein (English), accessed on March 29, 2011
  3. ↑ home.vinet.nat.au ( memento of March 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ): Our Foremothers, accessed on March 29, 2011