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History
The International Federation for Research in Women's History-Federation Internationale Pour la Recherche en Histoire des Femmes was founded in April 1987. The first meeting of national committee representatives was held in 1989, in Bellagio, Italy, with the assistance of the Rockefeller Foundation. The inaugural officers of the IFRWH/FIRHF were: President - Ida Blom of the University of Bergen, Norway; Vice-president - Ruth Roach Pierson of the University of Toronto, Canada; and Secretary-treasurer - Karen Offen of Stanford University, USA.

Aim
The Aim of IFRWH/FIRHF is to encourage and coordinate research in all aspects of women's history at the international level, by promoting exchange of information and publication and by arranging and assisting in arranging large-scale international conferences as well as more restricted and specialized meetings. National Committees serve as liaison between communities of researchers and the Federation.

Membership 
Membership in IFRWH/FIRHF is primarily by affiliation of national committees of researchers in the field of women's history.  There is also an affiliated organisation membership.  Individuals can also become corresponding members.  For more information on membership contact a member of the Board.

Comité Internationale des Sciences Historiques 
The IFRWH/FIRHF is an Affiliated International Organisation of the International Committee for the Historical Sciences/ Comité Internationale des Sciences Historiques.  It holds a conference during the meetings of the Congress.  The next CISH meeting will be in Amsterdam in 2010.