sentences:  Stevens convinced the governing body of the Pan American Union to create the Inter-American Commission of Women () (CIM) on 4 April 1928.The initial Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) was made up of seven women delegates who were charged with finalizing the report for the next Pan-American Conference (1933) to review civil and political equality for women.Stevens served as chair of the CIM from its creation in 1928 until her ouster in 1938.