Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973

Person

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Tracy D. Mygatt and Frances Witherspoon Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-089

Overview Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885-1973) and Frances May Witherspoon (1886-1973) were prolific writers and absolute pacifists who worked together in movements for women's rights, world peace, civil liberties, and civil rights. Both women authored plays, articles, poems, sermons, and stories, individually and in collaboration. They were founders of the War Resisters League and later served as honorary chairs. Frances Witherspoon was a co-founder and Executive Secretary of the New York Bureau of...

Dates: 1835-1973; Majority of material found within 1911-1974

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Helene Stöcker Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-035

Overview

Dr. Helene Stöcker (1869-1943) was one of the first woman students to enter a German University. In the 1920s she helped found Germany's first woman suffrage organization, and later the Bund für Mutterschutz (Protection of Motherhood). Dr. Stöcker immigrated to the United States in 1941 under the sponsorship of friends and colleagues in the peace movement.

Dates: 1897-1994; Majority of material found within 1913-1943

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection