ABSTRACT
In several places, most notably Russia, strikes and street demonstrations ultimately contributed to revolution. Thus, the situation of women protesters everywhere after March 1917 was considerably different. In various nations, as well as in international women’s organisations and their works, and in the voices of individual women, one can find echoes of all three perspectives, separately and intertwined. Galvanised into action by the crisis at hand, socialist women leaders like Clara Zetkin of Germany and Louise Saumoneau of France determined that they must protest against the war. Ireland’s women’s suffrage organisations were similarly divided over the war, and for them, the question of Irish nationalism played a crucial role. A list of pacifists compiled by the Surete in 1916 includes several women and provides brief descriptions about them, noting their affiliations with specific organisations ranging from political parties to unions and feminist groups.
