Shelley, Rebecca, 1887-1984
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Emily Greene Balch Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-006
Abstract
Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961) was the second U.S. woman to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Balch embarked on her academic career in the economics and sociology department at Wellesley College. Balch's extracurricular work with the Women's Trade Union League and opposition to World War I resulted in dismissal from Wellesley, and thereafter she helped lead the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Called a "Citizen of the World," Balch worked for peace throughout her...
Dates:
1842-1961; Majority of material found within 1875 - 1961
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-011
Abstract
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana was a writer and pacifist who taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1912 until 1917. Dana lost his teaching post as an opponent of American participation in World War I. Dana continued to advocate civil liberties and the rights of conscientious objectors.
Dates:
1914-1950
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-021
Abstract
Edwin D. Mead (1849-1937), and Lucia Ames Mead (1856-1936), were both leading pacifists, writers, and social reformers of the U.S. and international peace movement. Edwin Mead directed the work of the World Peace Foundation and participated in many international peace congresses. He was an American delegate to the International Peace Bureau. Mead helped found the School Peace League and was a prominent member of the American Peace League. Lucia Ames Mead was a leading member of many feminist...
Dates:
1876-1938
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Rebecca Shelley Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Shelley, Rebecca
Dates:
1914-1981
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-043
Abstract
Includes minutes, resolutions and general historical records; anniversary celebrations, committee minutes, literature and releases; office files from the legislative office, the finance and the executive director; includes miscellaneous records from branches, including New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, among others; a large correspondence file includes general office correspondence as well as that of the National Organizational Secretary, the Washington Legislative Secretary, and...
Dates:
1915-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- Women and peace -- History -- Sources 4
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Children's literature -- Awards -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Communism -- United States 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Educators -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
- Literary prizes -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Suffragists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- United States 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1
- Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History -- Sources 1
- Women Nobel Prize winners -- History -- Sources 1
- Women and peace 1
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