Madame Emmy Freundlich , a member of the Austrian Parliament is here as a guest of honour of the great National Congress of the Women ' s Co-operative Guild , which is celebrating its 50th anniversary . Madame Freundlich is the leader of the Women ' s Co - operative movement in Austria . During the 1927 Economic Conference at Geneva she was vice President , the first woman ever to be vice president of a great international conference . Photo shows , Madame Emmy Freundlich out on a a sight - seeing tour of London . 19 June 1933