20 Facts About Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann was a Dutch teacher, feminist, pacifist and theosophist active in the first half of the twentieth century.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann was one of the women who participated in the push by pacifist feminists during World War I for world leaders to develop a mediating body to work for peace.

Susanna Theodora Cornelia Hirschmann, known as "Cor", was born on 29 July 1871 in The Hague, the Netherlands to Sophie and Frederik Willem Louis Antonie Hirschmann.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann's father was an administrator for the Royal Dutch Navy and died when she was nine years old, during a trip from the former Dutch colonies in India.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann was raised by her mother in The Hague and attended the Christian Educational Academy in The Hague.

In 1903, the family moved to The Hague and Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann began working as a secretary to the executive board of the Dutch Women's Council, with other feminists such as Johanna Naber and Mien van Itallie-van Embden.

Around the same time, Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann became involved with the Dutch Vegetarian Association and The Hague Association for Philosophy.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann became interested in theosophy and began hosting lectures for the.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann regularly held presentations for the Dutch section of Theosophical Society.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann served as co-organizer of the International Congress of Women held in 1915 in The Hague.

At the conference, Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann was elected to serve as president of the Dutch branch of the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace, a new organization begun at the conference.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann was on the delegation which presented the resolutions to Scandinavia and Russia.

In 1919, Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann traveled with Jacobs and Mien van Wulfften Palthe to the ICWPP meeting in Zurich, where the organization changed its name to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann became the international secretary of the WILPF in 1921; she would serve as secretary or adjoint secretary until 1936.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann divorced her husband on 27 December 1923, gaining custody of her daughter.

That same year, Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann organized a silent demonstration for peace, known as the Women's Peace Walk.

In 1935, Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann took part in the protest against the group arrests of political dissidents by the Nazis.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann died on 20 November 1957 at her daughter's home in Hilversum.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann was one of the most noted women in the feminist pacifist movement of the first half of the twentieth century.

Cornelia Ramondt-Hirschmann believed that women's participation in international politics would bring a sense of humanity to governance, and thus, their involvement was crucial.