Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-16
First International Conference
in History Of World Opens
at Washington. D. c..
October 20.
NEW RESPONSIBILITIES
TO BE DISCUSSED
Nattona Woncn's Trade Union League
Of America 70 Act as hostess
Belgium an" Great Britain
Send Oistin9uis shed Women
a. Advisors.

Working women from all parts of
The globe viii gather In Washington on
October 23 NJ the Invitation Of the
National Womrn's Trade Union league
Of America 10 take part In the first
international Congress of Working
Women ever held in the history Of the
world.
An ot'icinl call To the conference
has been sent 10 labor organizations in
thirty four countries asking that they
send delegates to the conference Each
country is entitled 10 ten delegates
and 10 ten votes on the floor OF the
congress, also To one member on the
executive committee. SO far Finland.
tzeChO-S lovakia. Poland, France, ia
pan, Belgium. England the Argentine
and Canada have announced delegates
for III" congress. Belgium being the
first 20 announce that Nine. Victor"
tappe. who had been chosen 10 serve
rs An advisor Al the international In
Dor conference called for October %.
would arrive In the United States In
time ~ serve As one Of the Two Bel.
gjan delegates AZ the Women'S con
gross Margaret Rondheld, secretary
of the National Federation Of Women
Workers in Great Britain. who will
also serve rs An advisor 10 the British
delegation NJ the labor conference. is
coming ~ take her place on the floor
Of the Congress of Working Women
II was Miss Rondfeld WHO, during
her visit to tle United States in the
spring and early summer. presented
10 the Wompn's Trade Union league.
assembled in the seventh biennial
convention OF that organization in
Philadelphia In June. the resolution OF
the standing committees of the Won
ems Industrial Organizations Of Eng
land thar the American league be
asked To call an International Con
grSs Of Working Women 10 meet In the
United States in the autumn. Such a
conference had been previously dis
cuSsed by wOmen's labor organizations
Of various countries and would have
had NOT the League of Nations society
decided upon Washington rs the meet
ing place for an international labor
conference.
The committee on international re-
lationS of the Women's Trade Union
league, which Is in charge of the con
gross, has as irS chairman Mrs Ray .
mond Robins president of the league /
Miss Mary Anderson, chief of the won.
ems bureau of the United States de- .
partment of tabor Miss Agnes Nestor,
vice president of the International .
Glove Workers union: Miss Julia
O'Connor, president of the Telephone .
Operators union. and Miss Rose .
Schneidermann. president of the New
York Women's Trade Union league
n discussing the congress. Mrs.
Robins says: women must come for
ward now and accept their reSponsI
bilties. They can no longer have their
affairs attended 70 by proxy. Men
'annot bear the Vtire responsibility
for the world They must be assisted
by women, and the women should
come forth willingly, prepared to take
~ their share of the burden nf see
ing that things 60 right with the world.
Al the Congress Of Working Women
We Will discuss problems affecting
women which We. As women workers,
are particularly able to consider, that
ue may recommend how conditions OF
the labor Of women and children can
DO improved"