Rosika Schwimmer
Hungarian activist, editor (1877-1948) · Activists · Died at 70
Rosika Schwimmer was a Hungarian-born pacifist, feminist, world federalist and women's suffragist. A co-founder of the Campaign for World Government with Lola Maverick Lloyd, her radical vision of world peace led to the creation of several world federalist movements and organizations.
Rosika Schwimmer is read about 16 times a day, in 35 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 3 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 147 days, one point a day.
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Close ties
Jane Addams Co-founded International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace
Aletta Jacobs Co-founded International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace
Emily Hobhouse Co-founded International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace
Chrystal Macmillan Co-founded International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace
Rosa Manus Co-founded International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace
Lola Maverick Lloyd Co-founded Campaign for World Government
Media & music
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Rosika Schwimmer, 1890s
Presidential table during the Seventh congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance IWSA, Budapest, 1913
International Congress of Women in 1915. left to right:1. Lucy Thoumaian - Armenia, 2. Leopoldine Kulka, 3. Laura Hughes - Canada, 4. Rosika Schwimmer - Hungary, 5. Anika Augspurg - Germany, 6. Jane Addams - USA, 7. Eugenie Hanner, 8. Aletta Jacobs - Netherlands, 9. Chrystal Macmillan - UK, 10. Rosa Genoni - Italy, 11. Anna Kleman - Sweden, 12. Thora Daugaard - Denmark, 13. Louise Keilhau - Norway
Schwimmer, Ford and Louis P. Lochner aboard the Peace Ship Oskar II
Schwimmer, 1914
Schwimmer, soon after she was denied citizenship in 1927About this person
Sixty years after she first envisaged it, the movement she helped to create indeed took a leading role in the creation of the International Criminal Court, the first permanent international tribunal tasked with charging individuals with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
