Pioneering International Women’s Rights? The US National Woman’s Party and the 1933 Montevideo Equal Rights Treaties

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ID12199693
AuthorsPaolo Amorosa (0000-0002-3221-2329, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives (EuroStorie), University of Helsinki, Finland, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume30
Issue2
Pages415-437
Publication date2019-04-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0938-5428 • E-ISSN: 1464-3596
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ejil/chz025
OpenAlexW2963019580
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

Histories of equal rights for women in international law normally begin with post-World War II initiatives. Such an approach leaves out two treaties signed at the 1933 Montevideo Pan-American Conference, the Equal Nationality Treaty and the Equal Rights Treaty, which remain forgotten among international lawyers. By reconstructing their inception and intellectual background, this article aims to raise awareness about debates on international law among feminist activists in the interwar years. In turn, the focus on activist work allows for the recovery of the contribution of women to the development of the discipline in that seminal period, a contribution usually obfuscated by men’s predominance in diplomatic and academic roles. By outlining the contribution of two key promoters of the Montevideo treaties – Doris Stevens and Alice Paul of the National Woman’s Party – the article takes a step towards the re-inclusion of women’s rights activists within the shared heritage of international law and its history

Human rights · Immigration · International law · Nationality · Political science · Sociology · Treaty · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Gender Studies · Law

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