Lithuanian Women's Association

The Lithuanian Women's Association (Lithuanian: Lietuvos moterų susivienijimas) was the first Lithuanian women's organization. It was active during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and campaigned for women's suffrage and for autonomy of Lithuania within the Russian Empire. After the revolution, it was replaced by the Lithuanian Women's Union.

In the context of the revolution, Lithuanian women became more active. Both Lithuanian political parties, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and Lithuanian Democratic Party, supported women's suffrage and had women members. On 13 June 1905, about 50 women gathered in Zubovai Palace in Šiauliai to discuss women's situation in Lithuania. They discussed women's movements in Poland and Russia and debated whether to join them or create a separate organization. They did not reach a decision and established only an information center which was to gather and disseminate information on women's movements abroad.

On 6 August 1905, the election law was passed in preparation for the legislative election to the newly established Russian State Duma. The voting rights were given only to males of certain wealth. In response, women of different nationalities (Lithuanian, Polish, Jewish) gathered in Vilnius to create an alternative election law and present it to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. However, due to political disagreements over the autonomy for Lithuania, the gathering ended without a joint resolution. Each nationality created their own resolution. The Lithuanians gathered 230 signatures in support of their project, sent it the Russian Union for Women's Equality, and were invited to the All-Russian Women's Congress. All these events necessitated establishment of a Lithuanian women's organization.

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