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Fry, A. Ruth (Anna Ruth), 1878-1962

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Devere Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-053
Abstract

Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Dates: 1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

Ellen Starr Brinton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-051
Abstract

Ellen Starr Brinton (1886-1954), Quaker, feminist and internationalist, served as the first curator of the Jane Addams Peace Collection (later the Swarthmore College Peace Collection) from 1935 until her retirement in 1951.

Dates: 1895-1980; Majority of material found within 1933-1954

Friends' Emergency and War Victims' Relief Committee Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Friends Emergency and War Victims
Abstract

Printed materials, including printed correspondence, pamphlets, and reports.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1916-1923

A. Ruth Fry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-046
Overview [Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on...
Dates: 1905-1957

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Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
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Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
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Humanitarian assistance -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
International relief -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Jews -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- Sources 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
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Pacifists -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
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Peace -- History -- Sources 1
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Quaker women -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
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Reconstruction (1914-1939) 1
Social service -- France 1
Social service -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Socialist parties -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico 1
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Women and peace -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief 1
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
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World tomorrow (Periodical) 1
Young democracy (Periodical) 1
Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 1
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