Congress of American Women

The Congress of American Women was an American women's rights organization. It was founded in New York on March 8 (International Women's Day) 1946 following a 1945 feminist conference in Paris. Its primary organizer was Elinor S Gimbel. It was affiliated with the Soviet sponsored organization Women's International Democratic Federation. In 1948 the organization was accused of being a communist front organization by the House Un-American Activities Committee and was forced to register as a "subversive" organization. The organization was finally dissolved in 1950. Among its members were anthropologist Gene Weltfish, aviator Jacqueline Cochran, educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown, and author and artist Muriel Draper.^[1][2]

References

1. Laville 2002, p. 112.
2. Weigand 2001, p. ix.

Works cited

• Laville, Helen (2002). Cold War women: the international activities of American women's organisations. Manchester University Press.
• Weigand, Kate (2001). Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women's Liberation. Johns Hopkins University Press.

External links

• Text of the House Unamerican Activities Committee report on the Congress of American Women