A FEMININE TRIANON: Women's Role in the Paris Peace Negotiations
Fri, May 30
|New York
Conference & Conversation


Time & Location
May 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
New York, 200 E 38th St, New York, NY 10016, USA
About The Event
In the shadow of the grand halls where, at the end of WWI, the Treaty of Paris was being drafted, a different kind of summit unfolded: a gathering not of generals or statesmen, but of women. They came determined to assert their voices in the post-war world. Though denied official seats at the negotiating table, these women proved themselves fierce advocates of peace, self-determination, and gender equality. Join us in exploring this pivotal yet often overlooked chapter of history in the company of MONA SIEGEL, author of Peace on Our Terms: The Global Battle for Women’s Rights After the First World War. The event offers a unique opportunity to gain insights into the intersection of gender, diplomacy, and social change and a multi-faceted overview of the forces that have shaped our modern world, including the creation of the unified Romanian state.
Dr. Mona Siegel is a distinguished historian and…