Danish Women's Society

[1] It publishes the world's oldest women's magazine, Kvinden & Samfundet (Woman and Society), established in 1885.

Founded in 1871, the organization was inspired by Mathilde Bajer's membership of the Danish local branch of the Swiss Association internationale des femmes and her husband's interest in women's emancipation.

It strove to enhance the spiritual and economic status of women, making them more independent and providing an improved basis for self-employment.

This led to constitutional changes in 1915, giving women the right to vote in elections to the Rigsdag or national parliament.

[6] Under the German occupation, DWS helped to establish Danske Kvinders Beredskab, an organisation devoted to civil defence and preparedness, covering medical care and evacuation during bombing raids.