C1532/428/20A/80698/19016
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File
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1931-1936
Part of 2 - Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)
File contains correspondence following an appeal made by Mrs. Holmgren to the members of the International Council of Women for a contribution of one penny per head to the Nansen memorial Fund. Ann Margret Holmgren was a member of the Swedish Committee for the Nansen Memorial Fund and a long standing personal friend of Dr. Nansen.She wrote an article in May 1934 inviting the 40 million members of the International Council of Women to contribute 10 cents each to the Nansen Memorial Fund. The Swedish Committee was dissolved in March 1934.
File included letters to potential contributors and dignities asking for support; copies of receipts issued for contributions received.
Documents of the International Council of Women:
- Règle d'or du Conseil International des Femmes: "Faites à autrui ce que vous voudriez qu'on vous fit à vous-même"
- "Motto, The Golden Rule: Do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you"
- Constitution et règlements du Conseil international des femmes
- What is the International Council of Women?
- Memorandum de la présidente concernant les réunions du Comité exécutif et des commissions permanentes du Conseil international des femmes à Stockholm - 26 June-6 July 1933
Press article:
- "Halmstad 1934. Tidn. Hallands boktr." dated 10 May 1934 by Ann Margret Holmgren on "De som längta till sitt land" (Those who are homesick)
