Ballantyne, Edith
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Kay Camp Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-169
Abstract
Katherine Lindsley Camp was born in 1918 [1919?], Mt. Kisco New York. She was a graduate of Swarthmore College (Class of 1940). Camp was elected president of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1967, and served as international president, 1974-1980. In addition Camp was founder of the Citizens Bi-Racial Study Group; former president of the Pennsylvania Women's Political Caucus; made unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1972 on the Democratic ticket in...
Dates:
1955-2006
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Dorothy H. Hutchinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-125
Abstract
Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson (l905-l984) began to gain influence in the peace movement when her pamphlet A Call to Peace Now was printed by the Friends in l943. That summer, Hutchinson and a small group of people started the Peace Now Movement, using her pamphlet to rally support for the principle of a negotiated settlement rather than unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. This group included George W. Hartmann, a psychology professor at Columbia, and John Collett. Hutchinson also worked...
Dates:
1942-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract
Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served...
Dates:
1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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