Congress on Women's Rights (1878)

Despite the fact that the holding of an international congress had been planned since 1873, feminist women decided to postpone it to the beginning of 1878. The newspaper The Future of Women ( fr : L'Avenir des Femmes ) by Leon Richer proposed to unite volunteers for this purpose. The idea came up to hold an exhibition in Paris which gave an impetus to the start of project development. At that time in May, when the exhibition was already ready for visitors, Leon Risher decides to postpone the congress. And now, the Italian feminist, Maria Mulliani di Travers again raises the issue of holding such an event and supports the Congress with the necessary amount of money.

Nevertheless, the international congress on women's rights was held from July 25 to August 9, 1878 in Paris. He brought together women and men of eleven nationalities, representatives of which were French, British, Americans and Germans, a total of 600 people. 5 workshops were organized which took 219 participants, 113 of whom were men. Although numerous points were examined, one important element was missing. The right of women to vote was not mentioned. The Ubertin Okler who produced the speech on this subject should publish it. Among the issues discussed at this event were the right to divorce, the right to work, and the right to education. An important topic of discussion at Congress was the constitution of international feminism, although it was never officially recognized.

Although this congress was successful, the French press criticized noting deviations from the themes and postponing the project aimed at improving living conditions for women. ^[one]