Weiss, Cora, 1934-
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fair Lawn Committee for Peace in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Fair Lawn Committee for Peace-Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
Abstract
The Fair Lawn community in New Jersey founded the Committee for Peace in Vietnam on March 1, 1967. The organization began building local support for alternative solutions to the conflict in Vietnam. The organization's membership grew to 200+ families in the six years that followed. On October 26, 1973, the group announced its plans to disband.
Dates:
1967-1973
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
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- Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States X
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- Antinuclear movement 1
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- Peace movements 1
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- Peace movements -- United States 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- New Jersey -- Fair Lawn -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
- Women and peace 1
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