The organization was aimed at developing national branches of women calling for more active support for peace once the First World War was over.
[1][2] Other early members of the organization included Benny Cederfeld de Simonsen (1865–1952), Henni Forchhammer (1863–1955), Eline Hansen (1859–1919), Eva Moltesen (1871–1934), Louise Wright (1861–1935) and Else Zeuthen (1897–1975).
They succeeded in building up membership not only from their friends and colleagues but from members of the working class including the trade unionist Henriette Crone (1874–1933).
The organization's journal was published from 1924, titled Fred og Frihed (Peace and Freedom) in 1926.
In the late 1930s, it also took part in the international campaign for rescuing Jewish children from Nazi Germany.