List of Women's International Democratic Federation people

This is a list of people associated with the Women's International Democratic Federation, a women's rights organization established in 1945.

Albania Liri Gega (1917–1956), communist activist, politician

Algeria Abassia Fodil (1918-1962), Muslim member of the Union of Algerian Women, communist Baya Jurquet (1920-2007), elected to the WIDF Executive Council in 1953 Alice Sportisse Gomez-Nadal (1909–1996), French-Algerian communist politician, WIDF council (1945)

Argentina Fanny Edelman (1911–2011), communist politician, WIDF vice president (1975) Ana Rosa Schlieper de Martínez Guerrero (1888–1964), feminist leader, philanthropist, WIDF council (1945) Cora Ratto de Sadosky (1912–1981), mathematician, women's rights activist, anti-fascist politician

Australia Freda Brown (1919–2009), political communist activist, feminist, WIDF president from 1974 Jessie Street (1989–1970), diplomat, suffragist, founding member (1945)

Austria Eva Priester (1910–1982), writer, communist, WIDF Korea commission (1951)

Belgium Germaine Hannevart (1887–1977), pacifist, militant feminist, WIDF Korea commission (1951)

Brazil Márcia Campos (fl. 1970s), academic, women's rights advocate, WIDF president (2002) Brianca Fialdho, WDIF vice president (1953)

Bulgaria Tsola Dragoycheva (1898–1993), communist politician, founding member (1945) Rada Todorova (1902–1967), communist politician, founding member (1945)

Canada Nora Rodd (1893–1994), peace activist, feminist, communist, Korea commission chair (1951)

Chile Margot Duhalde (1920–2018), pilot, WIDF council (1945) Irma Salas Silva (1903–1987), educator, women's rights advocate, WIDF council (1945)

China Cai Chang (1900–1990), politician, women's rights activist, WIDF vice president (1948), Korea commission vice chair (1951) Li Dequan (shown as Lee Teh Chu En or Li Teh Chuan, 1896–1972), WIDF Executive Council terms in 1948 and 1953. Liu Qingyang (1894–1977), communist activist, feminist Deng Yingchao (1904–1992), communist, WIDF council 1948 and 1953. He Xiangning (1878–1972), revolutionary, feminist, painter, WIDF council (1948)

Croatia (Yugoslavia) Kata Pejnović (1899–1966), Croatian Serb feminist, politician, founding member (1945)

Cuba Vilma Espín (1930–2007), revolutionary feminist, WIDF vice president (1975) Edith García Buchaca (1916-2015), communist leader, WIDF council (1953) Loló Soldevilla (1901–1971), visual artist, political activist, WIDF council (1945)

Czechoslovakia/Czechia Anežka Hodinová-Spurná (1896–1063), Czech communist politician, WIDF council (1945) Milada Horáková (1901–1950), Czech socialist politician, women's rights advocate, WIDF council (1945)

Denmark Ida Bachmann (1900–1995), librarian, feminist, active in USA, Korea commission vice chair (1951) Kate Fleron (1909–2006), editor, writer, resistance fighter, observer on WIDF Korea commission (1951)

Egypt Inji Aflatoun (1924–1989), painter, Marxist activist, WIDF council (1945) Saiza Nabarawi (1897–1985), journalist, women's rights advocate, WIDF vice president (1953)

El Salvador Lorena Peña (born 1955), economist, former guerilla, WDIF president (2016)

Finland Sylvi-Kyllikki Kilpi (1899–1987), elected to the WIDF Executive Council in 1953 Hertta Kuusinen (1904–1974), communist politician, WIDF president from 1967

France Éliane Brault (1896–1982), resistance militant, political socialist, feminist, WIDF council (1948) Cécile Brunschvicg (1877–1948), feminist politician, founding member (1945) Eugénie Cotton (1881–1967), scientist, socialist, women's rights advocate, first WIDF president (1945) Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier (1912–1996), resistance member, photojournalist, communist politician, founding member (1945) Jeannette Vermeersch (1910–2001), communist politician, WIDF council (1945)

East Germany Edith Baumann (1909-1973), East German politician, served on the WIDF Executive Council from 1953. Ilse Thiele (1920–2010), East German politician Lilly Wächter (1899–1989), socialist politician, women's rights activist, WIDF Korea commission (1951), WIDF vice president (1975)

Greece Aleka Papariga (born 1945), communist politician Dido Sotiriou (1909–2004), writer, anti-fascist, WIDF council (1945)

Hungary Erzsébet Metzker Vass (1915–1980), Speaker of the Hungarian Assembly, WIDF Executive Council member from 1951 to 1956.

Iceland Laufey Valdimarsdóttir (1890–1945), women's rights activist, lawyer, WIDF council (1945)

India Aruna Asaf Ali (1909–1996), educator, independence activist, publisher, WIDF vice president (1975) Pushpamayee Bose, WIDF vice-president (1955), president of the National Federation of India Women (1954) Renu Chakravartty, elected as WIDF Executive Council member in 1953. Vidya Munshi (1919–2014), communist politician, journalist, WIDF council (1945) Manikuntala Sen (c. 1911–1987), communist politician. WIDF council (1948) Irma Salas Silva (c. 1911–1987), communist activist

Indonesia Umi Sardjono (1923–2011), anti-fascist women's rights activist, WIDF executive board member

Iran , promoted WIDF's idea for International Women's Year to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 1972. Jamileh Sadighi (, 1903-1983), elected to the WIDF Executive Council in 1953.

Italy Gisella Floreanini (1906–1992), teacher, anti-fascist activist, politician, WIDF council (1945) Elena Gatti Caporaso (1918–1999), socialist politician, feminist, WIDF council (1948) Ada Gobetti (1902–1968), journalist, anti-fascist, WIDS council (1945) Angiola Minella (1920–1988), communist politician, WIDF secretary general (1955) Rita Montagnana (1895–1979), communist politician Teresa Noce (1900–1980), union leader, journalist, feminist, WIDF council (1948) Camilla Ravera (1889–1988), communist politician, feminist, WIDF council (1945) Maria Maddalena Rossi (1906–1996), anti-fascist communist politician, journalist, WIDF vice president (1955)

Japan Hiratsuka Raichō (1886–1971), WIDF vice president (1955) Fuki Kushida (1899–2001), peace and women's rights activist, WIDF vice president (1975)

Luxembourg Yvonne Useldinger (1921–2009), communist politician, WIDF council (1945)

Mongolia Sonomyn Udval (1921–1991), elected to the WIDF Executive Council in 1953. Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa (1893–1962), revolutionary politician

Morocco Lucette Mazzella (1910–1987), teacher, delegate to WIDF founding conference in 1945

Netherlands Trees Sunito Heyligers (1915–2003), lawyer, translator, WIDF Korea commission (1951)

Nigeria Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900–1978), educator. political campaigner, women's rights activist, WDIF vice president (1955)

North Korea Pak Chong-ae (born 1907), communist politician, WIDF council (1948)

Norway Kirsten Hansteen (1903–1974), editor, librarian, communist politician, WIDF council (1945) Mimi Sverdrup Lunden (1894–1955), writer, women's rights advocate, WIDF council (1948)

Poland Regina Fleszarowa (1888–1969), geographer, women's rights activist, WIDF council (1945) Eugenia Pragierowa (1888–1964), socialist activist, feminist, politician, WIDF council (1945)

Portugal Maria Luísa Costa Dias (1916–1976), physician, communist activist Maria Alda Nogueira (1923–1988), communist, feminist activist, WIDF council (1945)

Romania Constanța Crăciun (1814–2002), communist politician, educator, WIDF council (1948) Ana Pauker (1893–1960), communist politician, founding member (1945)

Soviet Union Nina Vasilyevna Popova (1908–1994), Soviet politician, women's rights advocate, chaired Soviet Women's Committee, founding member (1945) Valentina Tereshkova (born 1937), cosmonaut, communist politician, WIDF vice president (1975)

Yugoslavia Mitra Mitrović (1912–2001), politician, feminist, writer, WIDF council (1945)

South Africa Kate Molale (1928–1980), political activist, women's rights advocate Florence Mophosho (1921–1985), anti-apartheid activist, feminist Lillian Ngoyi (1911–1980), anti-apartheid activist, unionist

Spain Teresa Andrés Zamora (1907–1946), communist militant, feminist, WIDF council (1945) Dolores Ibárruri (1895–1989), republican politician, communist, founding member (1945) Veneranda Manzano (1893–1992), republic political activist, WIDF council (1945)

Sudan Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim (1930–2017), writer, women's rights activist, socialist leader, WIDF president (1991)

Sweden Andrea Andreen (1888–1972), physician, pacifist, feminist, WIDF Council (1945) Valborg Svensson (1903–1983), communist politician, journalist, WIDF Council (1948, 1956) Elisabeth Tamm (1880-1958), politician, elected to the WIDF Executive Council in 1953

United Kingdom Elizabeth Acland Allen (1901–1969), civil rights advocate, founding member of WIDF Monica Felton (1906–1970), writer, feminist, social activist, WIDF Korea commission (1951)

United States Tsola Dragoycheva (1886–1952), writer, artist, social activist Muriel Draper (1886–1952), writer, artist, social activist, WIDF council (1945) Florence Eldridge (1901–1988), actress, WIDF council (1945) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964), union leader, women's rights activist, feminist, WIDF council (1945) Vivian Carter Mason (1890–1982), women's rights advocate, WIDF council (1945) Betty Millard (1911–2010), artist, political activist, feminist Thelma Dale Perkins (1915–2014), African-American activist Gene Weltfish (1902–1980), anthropologist, social activist, WIDF council (1945)

Uruguay Julia Arévalo de Roche (1898–1985), politician, WIDF council (1945)

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