The international women's organizations that were active in the League of Nations, including the ICW, established in 1888, and the IAW, established in 1904, 2 together achieved two things that would be crucial for the struggle for women's equality in the long run. Women's Organizations in the League of Nations
The reasons why these three women's organizations had received that status will become apparent below, in a very brief survey of the history of women's rights from 1945 to 2009. In 1975, the International Women's Year, there were three ¬international women's organizations with "Consultative Status 1" at the United Nations, - the International Council of Women (ICW), the International Alliance of Women (IAW) and the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) - out of a total of 24 international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with that status. In addition, we need to consider more fully the important role of what are now often called "traditional women's organizations" in advancing women's rights on the international level, at least until 1975. 1 For a proper understanding of the continuities and changes in the struggle for women's rights during this period, we need to go back to the League of Nations, the predecessor to the United Nations. The story of the global struggle for women's rights since 1945 is just beginning to be told.
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