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A. Ruth Fry Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-046
Overview
[Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on April...
Dates:
1905-1957
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Grace Evans Rhoads Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Rhoads, Grace Evans
Dates:
1929-1953
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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