Swomley, John M., 1915-2010
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
John M. Swomley, Jr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-226
Abstract
John M. Swomley, Jr.; minister in the Methodist Church; served as Director of the National Council Against Conscription, editor of Conscription News, and as National Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation; active with the American Friends Service Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union; campaigned against universal military training; author of books on militarism and the Cold War.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940-2002
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's Committee to Oppose Conscription Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-068
Abstract
This group was originally named the Committee to Oppose the Conscription of Women [WCOC], and then the National Committee to Oppose the Conscription of Women. It was formed in 1942 to protest the Austin-Wadsworth legislative bills and similar measures, which proposed that American women be drated into a civilian workforce for the duration of World War II. When the immediate threat of drafting women had passed, the group changed its name again, this time to the Women's Committee to Oppose...
Dates:
1942-1948
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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