Open Door International for the Economic Emancipation of the Woman Worker

Open Door International for the Economic Emancipation of the Woman Worker, Internationale de la Porte Ouverte pour l'Émancipation Économique de la Travailleuse
Founded: 1929
Sources: HB 1931, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

General Council (consisting of the president and delegates from the national branches, national corresponding members and board of officers)

• Dr. Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1931-1936 / Member of a Committee 1936
• Gertrud Baer Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1931-1936 / Member of a Committee 1936
• Erica Butler Bowdon Representative 1936 : in Geneva / Honorary Treasurer (Treasurer) 1938
• Louise H. de Craene Van Duuren Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1931-1936 / Member of a Committee 1936
• Winfried Le Seur Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1931
• Marie Lenoël Member of a Committee 1936
• Paulina Luisi Member of a Committee 1936
• Chrystal Macmillan President 1931
• Frantiska Plaminkova Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1931-1936 / Honorary Treasurer (Treasurer) 1936-1938
• Edith Rodgers Representative 1931-1936 : in Geneva
• Ruth Vandeer Litt Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1931-1936 / Member of a Committee 1936
• Thyra von Beetzen Ostman Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1931-1936 / Member of a Committee 1936
• Ingeborg Walin Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1931-1936 / Member of a Committee 1936
• Anna Westergaard Honorary Treasurer (Treasurer) 1931-1936 / Member of a Committee 1936

Seats

• 3, Iddesleigh House: Caxton Street: London: United Kingdom
  London office
• 67, Avenue Wendt: Geneva : Switzerland
  Geneva office
• 4, Iddesleigh House: Caxton Street: London: United Kingdom
  HB 1936

Relationships with other Organisations

• this organisation (Open Door International for the Economic Emancipation of the Woman Worker) is member of Federation of International Semi-Official and Private Institutions Established at Geneva

Members in these countries

National branches in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain and Sweden; National affiliated societies: all the other countries mentioned in the Handbook of 1931. Branches nationales dans les pays suivants : Allemagne, Belgique, Royaume-Uni, Danemark, Suède, Tchécoslovaquie; sociétés nationales affiliées dans les pays suivants : Royaume-Uni, Etats-Unis, Finlande, France, Hongrie, Suède; membres dans les pays suivants : Allemagne, Australie, Royaume-Uni, Birmanie, Bulgarie, Etats-Unis d'Amérique, France, Inde, Japon, Norvège, Palestine, Portugal, Pays-Bas, Roumanie, Suède, Suisse, Yougoslavie. (HB 1936). National branches in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Uruguay. Affiliated national societies in the following countries: United Kingdom, Finland, France, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden, United States of America. Members in the following countries: Australia, United Kingdom, Burma, Bulgaria, France, Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Rumania, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America, Yugoslavia. (HB 1938)
Australia (since 1931) , Belgium (since 1936) , Birma (since 1936) , Bulgaria (since 1936) , Czechoslovakia (since 1931) , Denmark (since 1931) , Finland (since 1931) , France (since 1931) , Germany (since 1931) , Hungary (since 1931) , India (since 1931) , Japan (since 1931) , Latvia (since 1938) , Netherlands (since 1931) , Norway (since 1931) , Palestine (since 1931) , Portugal (since 1936) , Romania (since 1936) , Sweden (since 1931) , Switzerland (since 1931) , United Kingdom (since 1931) , United States of America (since 1931) , Uruguay (since 1938) , Yugoslavia (since 1936) ,

Congresses

• 1929-1929 Lichtenberg: Berlin: Germany
• 1931-1931 Stockholm: Sweden
• 1933-1933 Prague: Czechoslovakia
• 1935-1935 Copenhagen: Denmark
• 1937-1937 Salzburg: Austria

Object

To secure that a woman shall be free to work and protected as a worker on the same terms, the same legislation and regulations dealing with conditions and hours, payment, entry and training as a man; and to secure for a woman, irrespective of marriage or childbirth, the right at all times to decide whether or not she shall engage in paid work and to ensure that no legislation or regulations shall deprive her of this right. (HB 1931/38) Obtenir pour la femme la liberté du travail et la protection dans le travail, au même titre que pour l'homme; obtenir que la législation et la réglementation concernant les conditions et les heures de travail, les salaires, l'admission au travail et la préparation professionnelle soient fondées sur la nature du travail et non sur le sexe du travailleur ; obtenir pour la femme, indépendamment de toute considération de mariage ou de maternité, le droit, à n'importe quel moment, d'accepter un emploi rémunéré et veiller à ce qu'aucune législation ou réglementation ne la prive de ce droit. (HB 1936)

Finances

Membership fees, subscription, donations and sales of publications. (HB 1931) Cotisations des sociétés affiliées et des membres, souscriptions, dons et ventes de publications. (HB 1936) Affiliation and membership fees, subscriptions, donations and sales of publications. (HB 1938)

Publications

Quarterly Organ "The Open Door"/ "La Porte Ouverte" (in English and French)

Activities

Biennal conferences; summer school; public meetings (HB 1931). Conférence biennale; Cours de vacances, réunions publiques, etc. (HB 1936). Biennial conferences (First Conference, Berlin, 1929; Second, Stockholm 1931; Third, Prague. 1933; Fourth, Copenhagen 1935; Fifth, Salzburg 1937); summer school, public meetings, etc. (HB 1938)