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Gene Weltfish

Category
foreign women's movement figure
Nationality
American
Also written as
Gene Weltfish

1949 – 2009

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Women's International Democratic Federation 3

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GA-02618 1949-08-01 rel C licensed

Potentials of world communism: Women's International Democratic Federation (OIR report, 1949)

Potentials of World Communism: Women's International Democratic Federation (OIR report, 1949)

OSS/State Department intelligence report (1 Aug 1949) on the Women's International Democratic Federation as a communist front: origins in the Soviet Anti-Fascist Committee of Women, 1945 Paris founding, leaders (Cotton, Popova, Ibarruri, Cai Chang), membership claims and Asia activities. Indonesia is mentioned only in

GA-02826 1952 WIDF rel C licensed

Country Reports on International Children's Day (WIDF, 1952)

WIDF 1952: Country reports on International Children's Day

WIDF 1952 bulletin page of country reports on International Children's Day (1 June): Romania, China, Mexico, Venezuela, Indonesia, USA, Belgium, Egypt, Switzerland. The Indonesia item says a committee of women's, youth and teachers' groups was formed, children demonstrated for peace, and an Indonesian film on war's eff

GA-02955 2009 rel C

Hoffnungen auf eine bessere Welt: Die frühen Jahre der IDFF-WIDF (1945-1950) (de Haan, 2009)

Hopes for a better world: the early years of the WIDF 1945-1950 (de Haan, 2009)

Francisca de Haan's article (German, Feministische Studien 2009) on the WIDF's early years 1945-50: founding congress in Paris, leaders Cotton, Ibarruri and Popova, and the destruction of the US affiliate by HUAC. Background on the federation Gerwani later joined.