Weiss, Peter, 1925-
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Cora Weiss Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-222
Overview
Cora Weiss is a peace and social justice leader and activist. She is a supporter of the United Nations, an early member of Women Strike for Peace, a leader in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the United States. In the 1970s Weiss was the director of the Riverside Church (New York, NY) Disarmament Program. Weiss was also active with SANE, SANE/Freeze, Peace Action, and The Hague Appeal for Peace. Weiss became president of the International Peace Bureau in 2000. She has always been active in...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peter Weiss Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Weiss, Peter
Overview
Peter Weiss was born in Austria and moved to the U.S. in 1941. He worked has as a lawyer from 1955 to 2006 and is interested in nuclear policy and other human rights and peace issues. He is married to activist Cora Weiss.
Dates:
1949-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief 1
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- Voluntarism -- Developing countries -- History -- Sources 1
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