Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation (1916)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lella Secor Florence Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-126
Abstract
Lella Secor Florence became a pacifist while serving as a journalist on the Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) and then participated in several peace organizations focused on keeping the United States out of World War I. She was active in the British section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and in the birth control movement there and wrote Birth Control on Trial.
Dates:
1915-1936
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Henry Ford Peace Expedition Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-018
Abstract
On December 4, 1915, Henry Ford and over one hundred delegates and reporters left Hoboken, New Jersey, aboard the steamship Oscar II bound for Norway, and an itinerary of peace meetings in nonbelligerant Europe. The purpose of the Henry Ford Peace Expedition was the establishment of a conference of neutral nations which would seek to implement peace proposals through continuous mediation. Although Ford left the expedition at Christiana (Oslo) for health reasons, the delegation visited...
Dates:
1915-1916
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
