"This congress holds that women cannot make their fullest and most characteristic contribution to the community in any capacity so long as they have not social, political and economic dependence and full opportunity for education and development: it believes that the recognition of women's service to the world, not only as wage-earners, but as mothers and homemakers, is an essential factor in building up of the world's peace".THE REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF WOMEN ZURICH, MAY 12 - 17, 1919