The Anglo-German Friendship Committee was founded in part by the first woman to solely earn what honor?
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Anglo-German Friendship Committee The Anglo-German Friendship Committee was a London-based association, founded to promote improvement of cordial relations between the Great Britain and Germany. The Committee was launched on 1 December 1905, at a meeting in Caxton Hall. Its founders included the banker Lord Avebury and Lord Courtney. The German ambassador in London and the British ambassador in Berlin supported the committee. Bertha von Suttner (who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the same year) helped found the committee. F. W. Fox was the honourable secretary of the committee.
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Bertha von Suttner Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky, "Gräfin Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau"; 9 June 184321 June 1914) was an Austrian-Bohemian pacifist and novelist. In 1905 she was the first woman to be solely awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the second female Nobel laureate after Marie Curie's 1903 award, and the first Austrian laureate.
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Edith Ballantyne Edith Ballantyne (born 1922) is a Czech-born, Canadian citizen, who has been a prominent member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) since 1969. At that time, she became the executive secretary of the international organisation, based in Geneva, Switzerland, serving in that capacity for twenty-three years. Between 1992 and 1998, she served as the International President of the organisation. In 1995, she was honored as the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award.
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Josephine Barnes Dame Alice Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (18 August 1912 – 28 December 1999), known professionally as Dr Josephine Barnes, was a leading English obstetrician and gynaecologist. She was the first female president of the British Medical Association, 1979. Barnes was also active in the Women's National Cancer Control Campaign with cancer screening.
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Jean Conan Doyle Air Commandant Lena Annette Jean, Lady Bromet, DBE, AE, ADC (21 December 1912 – 18 November 1997), best known by her maiden name Dame Jean Conan Doyle, was a British stateswoman and military officer in the Women's Royal Air Force.
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Annie, Lady de Sausmarez Annie Elizabeth, Lady de Sausmarez, GBE (née Mann; 1856/1857 – 15 March 1947) was a British philanthropist who was president of the British Women's Work Association in China from 1914 to 1919. For this she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.
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Emilie Lehmus Emilie Lehmus (30 August 1841 – 17 October 1932) was a German physician. She is known as the first female doctor in Berlin. She founded the first polyclinic for women and children in Berlin.
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Sadie Grimm Sadie Mildred Grimm (27 March 1895 – 8 February 1970) was the winner of the 1914 Manitoba Motorcycle Club’s Gold Medal. This is the first documented award in motorcycling by a woman in Canada in a competition open to men. It is also notable that unlike American Clara Wagner, she was not denied the award due to gender.
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Elisabeth Rivers-Bulkeley Elisabeth Charlotte Marie Rivers-Bulkeley (30 April 1924 - 19 December 2006) was a stockbroker. Born in Austria, she lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. She was one of the first ten women to become a member of the London Stock Exchange, on 26 March 1973. She also wrote and broadcast on financial and investment matters for women.
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Millicent Fawcett Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, (11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English feminist, intellectual, political and union leader, and writer. She is primarily known for her work as a campaigner for women to have the vote.
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Eva Braun Eva Anna Paula Hitler ("née" Braun; 6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and, for fewer than 40 hours, his wife. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was a 17-year-old assistant and model for his personal photographer; she began seeing him often about two years later. She attempted suicide twice during their early relationship. By 1936, she was a part of his household at the Berghof near Berchtesgaden and lived a sheltered life throughout World War II. Braun was a photographer, and many of the surviving colour photographs and films of Hitler were taken by her. She was a key figure within Hitler's inner social circle, but did not attend public events with him until mid-1944, when her sister Gretl married Hermann Fegelein, the SS liaison officer on his staff.
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Jessie Street Lady Street (née Lillingston, commonly known as Jessie Mary Grey Street; 18 April 1889 – 2 July 1970) was an Australian suffragette and an extensive campaigner for peace and human rights. Dubbed Red Jessie by her detractors in Australia's right-wing media for her efforts to promote diplomacy with the USSR and to ease tensions during the Cold War, Jessie was ardent in her support for the progressive cause. By blood she was a member of the House of Grey, and by marriage she was a member of the Street family, making Lady Street a maverick among the historically conservative establishment.
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Elise Heyerdahl Elisabeth Susanne Heyerdahl (1858–1921) was a Norwegian Conservative politician, teacher and a strong supporter of women's involvement in politics. She was one of the first women to be elected to Christiania's City Council. In 1910, she co-founded the Conservative Party's Women's Club ("Høirekvinders klub"), heading the organization for a number of years. In 1909, she became the first woman to serve on the Conservative Party's central committee.
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Mary Brancker (Winifred) Mary Brancker, CBE, DUniv, FRCVS, (1914-2010) was an English veterinary surgeon, best known as the first woman to become president of the British Veterinary Association since its foundation in 1881.
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Whina Cooper Dame Whina Cooper {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (9 December 1895 – 26 March 1994) was a respected kuia (Māori elder), who worked for many years for the rights of her people, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women. Her wide influence and nationally recognised activity led her to be acknowledged with awards in both the British (Imperial) and New Zealand Royal Honours Systems, and by her own people, who bestowed the title "Te Whaea o te Motu" ("Mother of the Nation") upon her.
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Emma Kaufman Emma Kaufman (1881-1979) was a Japanese and international YWCA administrator and philanthropist. For over 25 years she served as a secretary on the staff of Tokyo Y.W.C.A., and also a member of the national Y.W.C.A. committee of Japan. In 1929 she was honored for her distinguished service to the Japanese Y.W.C.A. by being presented with the Emperor's silver cup. During the Golden Jubilee celebration of the "Y" in Japan, a special ceremony was held for the unveiling of a bust of Kaufman. In 1941 Kaufman was appointed by the world's Y.W.C.A. executive committee to make a survey of the British West Indies. In 1965 she received an International Cooperation Year medal from Cardinal Leger at a ceremony in Montreal. Kaufman is a daughter of the founder of the K-W Y.W.C.A.
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Mithan Jamshed Lam Mithan Jamshed Lam (1898–1981) was an Indian lawyer, social activist and the Sheriff of Mumbai. She was the first Indian woman barrister and the first Indian woman lawyer at the Bombay High Court. She was a member of the All India Women's Conference and served as its president in 1961–62. The Government of India awarded her the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1962, for her contributions to society.
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Lena Morrow Lewis Martha Lena Morrow Lewis (1868-1950), commonly known by her middle name Lena, was an American orator, political organizer, journalist, and newspaper editor. An activist in the prohibition, women's suffrage, and socialist movements, Lewis is best remembered as a top female leader of the Socialist Party of America during that organization's heyday in the first two decades of the 20th Century and as the first woman to serve on that organization's governing National Executive Committee.
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Selma Gräfin von der Gröben Selma Gräfin von der Gröben (1856-1938), was a German feminist and philanthropist. She is known for her work for women's rights within the religious circles, is regarded as pioneer in social work and was involved in a number of social organisations. She was the chairperson of the "Deutscher Evangelischer Frauenbund".
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World Committee Against War and Fascism The World Committee Against War and Fascism was an international organization that was active in the struggle against Fascism in the 1930s. During this period Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, Italy invaded Ethiopia and the Spanish Civil War broke out. Although some of the women involved were Communists whose priority was preventing attacks on the Soviet Union, many prominent pacifists with different ideologies were members or supporters of the committee. The World Committee sponsored subcommittees for Women and Students, and national committees in countries that included Spain, Britain, Mexico and Argentina. The Women's branches were particularly active and included feminist leaders such as Gabrielle Duchêne of France, Sylvia Pankhurst of Britain and Dolores Ibárruri of Spain.
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Gertrud Luckner Gertrud Luckner (26 September 1900, Liverpool, England, UK – 31 August 1995, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) was a Christian social worker involved in the German resistance to Nazism. A member of the banned German Catholic Peace Movement, she organised food packages for Jews deported to Poland, and travelled Germany giving assistance to Jewish families. On one such journey, she was arrested, and spent the remainder of the war in Ravensbrück concentration camp. She was named as righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 1966.
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Cross of Honour of the German Mother The Cross of Honour of the German Mother (German: "Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter" ), referred to colloquially as the "Mutterehrenkreuz" (Mother’s Cross of Honour) or simply "Mutterkreuz" (Mother’s Cross), was a state decoration conferred by the government of the German Reich to honour a "Reichsdeutsche" German mother for exceptional merit to the German nation. Eligibility later extended to include "Volksdeutsche" (ethnic German) mothers from, for example, Austria and Sudetenland, that had earlier been incorporated into the German Reich.