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Peckover, Priscilla Hannah, 1833-1931

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

American Peace Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-003
Abstract In the 1820s William Ladd of the Maine Peace Society suggested that the regional US peace societies become associated in a national organization. As a result, the peace societies of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) merged in May 1828 to form the American Peace Society [APS]. The stated purpose of the American Peace Society was to "promote permanent international peace through justice; and to advance in every proper way the general use of...
Dates: 1828-1947

Wisbech Local Peace Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-042
Abstract

Priscilla Hannah Peckover (1833-1931) devoted much of her life toward mobilization for peace. In 1879 she formed the Wisbech Peace Association to promote the development of women in work for peace. This group of men and women became a center for peace activity in Great Britain. They concentrated on establishing peace by means of arbitration and disarmament, based on Christian theology.

Dates: 1880-1931

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Peace movements -- Europe -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- Great Britain -- History 1
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1