The Inter-American Commission of Women: Sources on Hemispheric Solidarity

My research focuses on inter-American cooperation among women between the world wars. I am primarily interested in the ways in which U.S. women worked to create new organizations and expand existing ones to include Latin American women in hemispheric struggles for peace, women’s rights, education, health care, and other causes. My presentation will center on the Inter-American Commission of Women, which was established in 1928 to study women’s status in the Americas and to promote women’s legal and political equality. Since then, the commission has expanded its agenda to secure women’s equality and human rights in all aspects of life.