the congress took a firm position on the league of nations and its recognition of women in the following resolution: "the women of thirty-one nations assembled in congress at geneva, convinced that in a strong society of nations based on the principles of right and justice lies the only hope of assuring the future peace of the world, call upon the women of the, whole world to direct their will, their intelligence and their influence towards the development and the consolidation of the society of nations on such a basis, and to assist it in every possible way in its work of securing peace and good will throughout the world."