Clara Guthrie d'Arcis

Clara Guthrie d’Arcis (22 February 1879, New Orleans – 12 May 1937, Geneva) was an American-born Swiss peace activist, feminist and international businesswoman.

She then moved to Geneva and joined her husband in running a successful import business for American automobiles and other consumer goods.

[3] The goal of the organization was to work on international concord and become a movement of women from all the countries for moral education based on individual discipline and commitment.

[5] She also led fundraising efforts to provide food for child victims of the war in neutral Switzerland[4] and was one of the founders of the International Union of the Save the Children Fund.

She asserted that women had a special role to play in peace buildings, having maternal concern for the preservation of human life.