Nobelstiftelsen
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Rosika Schwimmer Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Schwimmer, Rosika
Abstract
Rosika Schwimmer was a suffragist and feminist leader from Hungary who worked internationally. She founded several Hungarian societies for the advancement of trade unionism, land reform, feminism, female suffrage and pacifism and worked to promote peace during World War I. She helped to form a number of U.S. and international peace groups, including the Emergency Peace Federation, the Henry Ford Peace Expedition, and the Woman's Peace Party. She received the World Peace Prize in 1937.
Dates:
1914-1948
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
