1926: (Women’s Organizations Focused on Girls Under the Occupation — Although the Military Did Not Leave at That Moment the Trip Being One of a Flurry of Ant…

1926: (Women’s Organizations Focused on Girls Under the Occupation — Although the Military Did Not Leave at That Moment the Trip Being One of a Flurry of Antioccupation Collaborations, Organizations Like the Joseph School Focusing on Children Under the Occupation, Haitian Women Including Mme. Dubé Rosina Jean-Joseph and Mme. Bellegarde Leading the Educational Movement, These “Most Prominent Haitian Women” Establishing L’Oeuvre des Femmes Haitiennes pour L’Organisation du Travail, Members Including Mme. Etienne Mathon Future Co-Founder of the LFAS and a Roster of Women School Founders Social Workers and Organizational Leaders — the Surge in Women-Led Organizations Focused on Girls Being a Direct Response to the Impact and Injury of the Occupation on Young Women): Although the military did not leave at that moment, the trip was one of a flurry of national and international antioccupation collaborations. Organizations such as the multinational Joseph School focused on the experience and education of young children under the occupation. Haitian women — Madame Charles Dubé from the ICWDR, Rosina Jean-Joseph, a teacher of business, and Madame Dantès Bellegarde — led this educational movement. These most prominent Haitian women who had done commendable work for their more unfortunate sisters decided to establish L’Oeuvre des Femmes Haitiennes pour L’Organisation du Travail. The membership read like a genealogy of Haitian women’s organizing: Mme. Etienne Mathon, former president of La Zélatrice and future co-founder of the LFAS; Mme. Servincent, former director of the Primary School; Mme. Clement Pethel, former president of Femina; Mme. Louis Guillaume, president of the Association of Older Students of St. Rose de Lima; Mme. Tancrède Auguste, former first lady and president of La Crèche; Mlle. Annais Bouchereau, independent social worker; Mme. Justin Madieu, primary school founder; Mlle. Henrietta Valen, principal of the Night School for Adults; and Mlle. Henriette Bianby, social worker and primary school principal. The surge in women-led organizations focused on girls was a direct response to the impact and injury of the occupation on young women — every school opened was an act of defiance against an occupation that had made the streets lethal for the very children these women sought to educate.