Danish women's antimilitariest demonstration

Danske Kvinders Fredskæde (Danish Women's Peace Chain) is the original name of the Danish branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. It was founded in 1915 following the International Congress of Women held in The Hague. The organization was aimed at developing national branches of women calling for more active support for peace once the First World War was over. Early activists from Denmark included Thora Daugaard (1874–1851) and

Clara Tybjerg Clara Sophie Tybjerg née Sarauw (1864–1941) was a Danish women's rights activist, pacifist and educator. In 1915, she attended the International Women's Conference in The Hague, together with Thora Daugaard. Thereafter she helped establish and ...

(1864–1941). Other early members of the organization included

Benny Cederfeld de Simonsen Benny Sophie Caroline Andrea Cederfeld de Simonsen née Treschow (1865–1952) was a Danish peace activist. She is remembered as an effective member of ''Danske Kvinders Fredskæde'', the Danish branch of the Women's International League for Peace ...

(1865–1952),

Henni Forchhammer Henriette "Henni" Forchhammer, also known as Margarete Forchhammer (1863 – 1955) was a Danish educator, feminist and peace activist. Biography She was born in 1863 to Johannes Nicolai Georg Forchhammer, a sister of physicist and educator Johan ...

(1863–1955),

Eline Hansen Eline Johanne Frederikke Hansen (22 October 1859 – 6 January 1919), was a Danish feminist and peace leader. Biography Hansen was born 22 October 1859 in Assens, the daughter of Christian Jacob Hansen (1832–1880) and Johanne Margrethe Rasmu ...

(1859–1919),

Eva Moltesen Eva Elisabeth Moltesen née Hällström (1871–1934) was a Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist. In 1896, she moved to Denmark to continue her education, married a Dane and settled there. She published her literary works in both Finnish and D ...

(1871–1934), Louise Wright (1861–1935) and

Else Zeuthen Else Marie Zeuthen née Bengtsson (1897–1975) was a Danish peace activist and feminist. In the 1950s, she represented the Danish Social Liberal Party as a member of the Folketing. From 1941 to 1953, she headed the Danish branch of the Women's In ...

(1897–1975). While they were all middle class, the women had varying backgrounds. One was a school teacher, another was active in politics, there was a philanthropist and two of them were writers. They succeeded in building up membership not only from their friends and colleagues but from members of the working class including the trade unionist

Henriette Crone Thora Elise Henriette Crone (1874–1933) was a working-class Danish trade unionist, social democrat politician and peace activist. From 1898, she was a member of the women's print workers union (Kvindelige Trykkeriarbejderes Fagforening), becomi ...

(1874–1933). In 1925, the organization was renamed Kvindernes Internationale Liga for Fred og Frihed (KILFF) in line with the parent organization. By 1919, there were 12,000 members. The organization's journal was published from 1924, titled ''Fred og Frihed'' (Peace and Freedom) in 1926. Thora Daugaard headed the organization from 1920 to 1941. In connection with the 1932 World Disarmament Conference, members of the KILFF collected 437,457 signatures calling for disarmament. In the late 1930s, it also took part in the international campaign for rescuing Jewish children from Nazi Germany. In 1947, the KILFF became a member of the Danish Peace Council, a chapter of the World Peace Council. KILFF has continued to work with other organizations intent on peace and disarmament. In the 1990s, it was an active supporter of women's projects in war-torn countries, especially the Balkans. Today, its work places emphasis on trafficking in women and in addressing the UN Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace and Security.

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Kvindernes Internationale Liga for Fred og Frihed
— Danish organization's website Pacifist feminism Peace organizations based in Denmark Women's organizations based in Denmark 1915 in Denmark Women's conferences 1915 establishments in Denmark

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