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Vrouwen als gij allen (Women like you all)

Women like you all: introducing the WIDF to Dutch readers

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De Waarheid piece (1 Oct 1948) presenting the 80-million-member WIDF to Dutch readers as ordinary women including those in Indonesia, and quoting its appeal to women to demand arms reduction and ban atomic weapons. Indonesia appears only in a list of countries.

Tulisan De Waarheid (1 Oktober 1948) yang memperkenalkan WIDF beranggota 80 juta kepada pembaca Belanda sebagai perempuan biasa termasuk di Indonesia, dengan mengutip seruannya agar perempuan menuntut pengurangan senjata dan pelarangan senjata atom. Indonesia hanya muncul dalam daftar negara.

“Where do they live? In France and in Indonesia, in Denmark and in China... united in the Dutch Women's Movement, affiliated to the WIDF.”

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationDutch Women's MovementUnited Nations

Places

NetherlandsIndonesiaFranceChina

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementpeace and anti-imperialismNetherlands

Tags

membership figuressolidarity

Details

Date
1948-10-01
Creator
De Waarheid
Publication
De Waarheid
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1945–1949
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Waarheid (1948-10-01) - Vrouwen als gij allen [Delpher ddd-010850678-a0008].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.907) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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