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Women and peace -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

National League of Women Voters Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National League of Women Voters
Overview

This National League of Women Voters material is from its Department of International Cooperation to Prevent War which had representation on the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War.

Dates: 1919-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Violet Oakley Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Oakley, Violet
Dates: 1933-1979; Majority of material found within 1933-1942
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served...
Dates: 1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Organization of American Women for Strict Neutrality Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Organization of American Women-Strict Neutrality
Dates: 1915
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Alice Locke Park Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Park, Alice Locke
Dates: 1913-1948
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Linus and Ava Pauling Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pauling, Linus and Ava
Dates: 1957-1987; Majority of material found within 1961-1979
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Philadelphia Women for Peace Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Women for Peace
Dates: 1951-1954
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Mercedes M. Randall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-110
Overview

Mercedes M. Randall was an early, and lifelong, member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She held many positions of responsibility in the organization, including chairmanship of the National Education Committee, and presidency of the Manhattan Branch. Randall was the first biographer of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Emily Greene Balch.

Dates: 1914-1977
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Grace Evans Rhoads Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Rhoads, Grace Evans
Dates: 1929-1953
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Dorothy Medders Robinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-127
Overview

Dorothy Medders Robinson was president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section, from 1941 to 1946. She also served as the delegate to the WILPF International Congress in Luxembourg in 1946. Robinson was a chair of the Jane Addams Peace Association and the Jane Addams Hall of Fame Committee.

Dates: 1946-1978
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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