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Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

New York Bureau of Legal Advice Records

 Collection — Othertype Reel 142.1
Identifier: SCPC-Reel-142.1
Abstract Holdings in Tamiment Library: about half the records of the New York Bureau of Legal Advice consist of case histories pertaining to selective service exemption, draft evasion, conscientious objector status, military imprisonment, military discharge, desertion, amnesty, civil liberties and deportations. One third of the collection consists of office files, administrative reports and correspondence, including extensive fundraising correspondence. The remainder of the collection is made up of...
Dates: 1917-1919

Helene Stöcker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-035
Overview

Dr. Helene Stöcker (1869-1943) was one of the first woman students to enter a German University. In the 1920s she helped found Germany's first woman suffrage organization, and later the Bund für Mutterschutz (Protection of Motherhood). Dr. Stöcker immigrated to the United States in 1941 under the sponsorship of friends and colleagues in the peace movement.

Dates: 1897-1994; Majority of material found within 1913-1943

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Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1