Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dorothy Detzer Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-086
Abstract
Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.
Dates:
1913-1981
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Milada Marsalka Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-217
Abstract
Milada Marsalka was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section, active with the New Haven, Connecticut Branch. Marsalka worked for American-Soviet friendship and conversion of economy from military to civilian production. She was born in Czechoslovakia and later moved to the United States. Marsalka died in 1999 or 2000.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1965-1998
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
- Economic conversion -- History -- Sources 1
- Lobbyists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- History -- Sources 1
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 1
- Women and peace -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- History -- Sources 1
- Women and peace -- History -- Sources 1
- Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Women journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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