Glücklich and Schwimmer both decided to go to the conference and were exposed to the support network and common issues international women shared.
Almost immediately, the organization joined the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) as the Hungarian affiliate.
[1][2] FE also fought against the moral decay of society and child labor,[2] providing lectures through a counseling program, "Select a Profession", which offered career guidance to young women.
[4] That same year, FE urged the Parliament to address the issue of women's employment and training, as there were so many widows and wives of those injured in the war who had become responsible for being family wager earners.
[6] Melanie Vámbéry served as the secretary of the organization from around 1913 until she removed to the countryside in 1938 to hide from the Nazis;[6] she died in a concentration camp during World War II.
[2][8][9] In 1958, Noémi Kóbor [hu], the last secretary of the organization, donated the records in her possession to the National Széchényi Library.