Elisabeth Achelis

Elisabeth Achelis (January 11, 1880 – February 11, 1973)[1] founded The World Calendar Association (TWCA) in 1930 with the goal of worldwide adoption of the World Calendar. It functioned for most of the next twenty-five years as The World Calendar Association, Inc. Throughout the 1930s, support for the concept grew in the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations. Achelis started the Journal of Calendar Reform in 1931, publishing it for twenty-five years,[2] and wrote five books.[3]

Elisabeth Achelis
Born	(1880-01-11)January 11, 1880 Brooklyn, New York, US
Died	February 11, 1973(1973-02-11) (aged 93) Brooklyn, New York, US
Nationality	American
Years active	1930–56
Known for	Founding The World Calendar Association
Notable work	Journal of Calendar Reform

Also, Achelis wrote in 1955, "While Affiliates and Committees have over the years and still are able to approach all branches of their governments, the Incorporated (International) Association was prevented from seeking legislation in the United States lest it lose its tax exempt status. Because of this I have been prevented from doing in my own country that which I have been urging all other Affiliates to do in theirs."[4]

References

1. Elisabeth Achelis Bio @myweb.ecu.edu Retrieved 5-4-2018.
2. Journal of Calendar Reform, published and distributed quarterly 1930–1955 by The World Calendar Association
3. THE WORLD CALENDAR – Addresses and Occasional Papers Chronologically Arranged on the Progress of Calendar Reform Since 1930 – by Elisabeth Achelis (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1937);
   THE CALENDAR FOR EVERYBODY by Elisabeth Achelis (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1943);
   THE CALENDAR FOR THE MODERN AGE by Elisabeth Achelis (Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1951);
   OF TIME AND THE CALENDAR by Elisabeth Achelis (Hermitage House Inc., New York and George J. McLeod, LTD., Toronto, Canada, 1955);
   Autobiography BE NOT SILENT by Elisabeth Achelis (Pageant Press, Inc., 1961)
4. JCR Vol. 25, page 169