Movement for a New Society
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
New Society Publishers Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-189
Overview
New Society Publishers was a cooperative business based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of Movement for a New Society in the late 1980s. New Society Publishers produced books on peace, social justice, and ecological topics. The Philadelphia office closed in December 1996 and a smaller for of the New Society Publishers business moved to British Columbia, Canada.
Dates:
1990-1996
George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-236
Overview
George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.
Dates:
1931-2010
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- Subject: Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History X
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- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History 1
- Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Publishers and publishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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