Peace movements -- Europe -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-003
Overview
In the 1820s William Ladd of the Maine Peace Society suggested that the regional US peace societies become associated in a national organization. As a result, the peace societies of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) merged in May 1828 to form the American Peace Society [APS]. The stated purpose of the American Peace Society was to "promote permanent international peace through justice; and to advance in every proper way the general use of...
Dates:
1828-1947
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bertha von Suttner Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Austria-Suttner, Bertha von
Overview
Bertha von Suttner was an Austrian peace activist and intellectual, and the author of one of the first international bestselling novels focused on peace ("Lay Down Your Arms") published in 1891. In her life-long correspondence on peace matters with Alfred Nobel she urged him to establish a prize for peace. Von Suttner was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905, the first woman to be thus recognized.
Dates:
1881-1917, 1993-1995
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
