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Women and peace -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

Anna Melissa Graves Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-015
Abstract

Anna Melissa Graves was a writer, teacher, world traveler, and internationalist. From the 1920s to the 1940s Graves traveled through Africa, Central and South America, China, Europe, and the Middle East. She taught school in many of these places and maintained a voluminous correspondence with the teachers, acquaintances, and former students she met on her travels.

Dates: 1919-1953

Helen Hoy Greeley Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Greeley, Helen Hoy
Overview

Helen Hoy Greeley ( 1878 to 1965), was a suffrage activist, legislative counsel, lawyer, political organizer, and worker for environmental protection. In the 1920 and 1930s Greeley was connected with the Interorganization Council on Disarmament, and the Women's Consultative Committee on Nationality created by the Council of the League of Nations.

Dates: 1927-1935

Regina M. Hess Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hess, Regina
Dates: 1944-1951

Hannah Clothier Hull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-016
Abstract Hannah Clothier Hull (1872-1958), was one of the founders of the Woman's Peace Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She served as a national officer of the WILPF for nearly forty years. Hull was also active in other social reform movements. A member of a well-to-do Quaker family, Hannah Clothier graduated from Swarthmore College in 1891. She first worked at a Philadelphia settlement house and then entered the graduate program in social work at Bryn Mawr College....
Dates: 1889-1958

Dorothy H. Hutchinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-125
Abstract Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson (l905-l984) began to gain influence in the peace movement when her pamphlet A Call to Peace Now was printed by the Friends in l943. That summer, Hutchinson and a small group of people started the Peace Now Movement, using her pamphlet to rally support for the principle of a negotiated settlement rather than unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. This group included George W. Hartmann, a psychology professor at Columbia, and John Collett. Hutchinson also worked...
Dates: 1942-1980

International Conference of Women Workers to Promote Permanent Peace Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-International Conference of Women Workers...
Dates: 1915

International Council of Women Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-International Council of Women
Abstract

Collection is primarily printed correspondence, flyers, reports, and news clippings; correspondents include Elizabeth Cadbury.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1888-1947

Miriam Keeler Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Keeler, Miriam
Dates: 1922-1984

Kate Kelsey Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kelsey, Kate
Abstract

Collection includes two letters; "Diary of the War" an English translation of news items from "Dresdner Nachtrichten" and "Dresdener Anzeiger"; and articles and half-tone images about World War I from U.S. and foreign periodicals.

Dates: 1914-1919

Helen Kusman Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kusman, Helen
Overview

Helen Kusman was active in the peace movement from the 1950s through the 1980s, and worked on many issues. She served as the chairman of the New York Metropolitan Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), from 1970 to 1974. From 1973 to 1979 she served as Vice-President of the National Executive Board, representing the Northeast Region of the WILPF.

Dates: 1972-1982