Friends' Emergency & War Victims' Relief Committee (London, England)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Friends' Emergency and War Victims' Relief Committee Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends Emergency and War Victims
Scope and Contents
Printed materials, including printed correspondence, pamphlets, and reports.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1916-1923
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A. Ruth Fry Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-046
Abstract
[Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on...
Dates:
1905-1957
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Authors, English -- History -- Sources 1
- Charities -- France 1
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Humanitarian assistance -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
- International relief -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker women -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- Reconstruction (1914-1939) 1
- Social service -- France 1
- Social service -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
- Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
- War relief -- History -- Sources 1
- Women and peace -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Society of Friends -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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