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Wold, Emma, 1871-1950

 Person

Biography

Chair of the Woman's Committee for World Disarmament; lawyer

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Hannah Clothier Hull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-016
Abstract Hannah Clothier Hull (1872-1958), was one of the founders of the Woman's Peace Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She served as a national officer of the WILPF for nearly forty years. Hull was also active in other social reform movements. A member of a well-to-do Quaker family, Hannah Clothier graduated from Swarthmore College in 1891. She first worked at a Philadelphia settlement house and then entered the graduate program in social work at Bryn Mawr College....
Dates: 1889-1958

Women's Committee for World Disarmament Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Women's Committee for World Disarmament
Dates: 1921-1922

Women's Peace Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-106
Abstract Women's Peace Society was not interested in using political or economic means to end what it termed "war-madness". Rather, its members chose educational methods such as handing out literature, participating in demonstrations, speaking at public events, and holding school contests. In August 1921, it sponsored a conference at Niagara Falls where it cooperated with Canadian peace women in starting the Women's Peace Union of the Western Hemisphere. The Women's Peace Union chose to work...
Dates: 1914-1933; Majority of material found within 1914-1933

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Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 2
Disarmament -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1