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Jane Addams Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-001
Abstract

A world-famous social reformer; co-founded the first settlement house in America in 1889; championed many causes on behalf of the urban poor, such as protection of immigrants, child labor laws, industrial safety, juvenile courts, and recognition of labor unions; a leading figure in the movement for international peace; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.

Dates: 1838-; Majority of material found within 1880-1935

Emily Greene Balch Papers

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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

Mercedes M. Randall Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-110
Abstract

Mercedes M. Randall was an early, and lifelong, member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She held many positions of responsibility in the organization, including chairmanship of the National Education Committee, and presidency of the Manhattan Branch. Randall was the first biographer of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Emily Greene Balch.

Dates: 1914-1977

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Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939 2
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 2
Baer, Gertrude 2
Blake, Katherine Devereux, 1858-1950 2
Doty, Madeleine Z. (Madeleine Zabriskie), 1877-1963 2
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Drevet, Camille 2
Heymann, Lida Gustava, 1868-1943 2
Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 2
Jacobs, Aletta H. (Aletta Henriette), 1854-1929 2
Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-1958 2
Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 2
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 2
Pye, Edith M. (Edith Mary) 2
Ramondt-Hirschmann, Cor 2
Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 2
Sheepshanks, Mary, 1872-1958 2
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940 2
Woman's Peace Party 2
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 2
Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957 1
Addams, John Huy, 1822?-1881 1
Balch, F. V. (Francis Vergnies), 1839-1898 1
Balch, Francis Noyes, 1873- 1
Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929 1
Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930 1
Bowen, Louise de Koven, 1859- 1
Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 1
Bussey, Gertrude Carman, 1888-1961 1
Calkins, Mary Whiton, 1863-1930 1
Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
Cheever, Helen 1
Clark, Hilda 1
Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
Coman, Katharine, 1857-1915 1
Courtney, Kathleen, Dame, 1878-1974 1
Dewey, John, 1859-1952 1
Duchêne, Gabrielle 1
Dudley, Helena Stuart 1
Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943 1
Glücklich, Vilma 1
Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 1
Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970 1
Hertzka, Yella, 1873-1948 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Hudson, Manley O. (Manley Ottmer), 1886-1960 1
Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 1
Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 1
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 1
Innes, Kathleen Elizabeth Royds 1
James, Ada L. 1
James, William, 1842-1910 1
Johnson, Emily Cooper 1
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 1
Jouve, Andrée, 1884-1972 1
Jōdai, Tano, 1886-1982 1
Karsten, Eleanor Daggett, -1946 1
Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932 1
Kellor, Frances, 1873-1952 1
Kind, Bessie 1
Lathrop, Julia Clifford, 1858-1932 1
Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 1
Lovett, Robert Morss, 1870-1956 1
Lowrie, Kathleen Jennison 1
Marshall, Catherine E. 1
Marston, Helen, 1892-1982 1
Pendleton, Ellen F. (Ellen Fitz), 1864-1936 1
People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace 1
Post, Alice Thacher, 1853-1947 1
Robins, Margaret Dreier 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1
Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 1
Scudder, Vida Dutton, 1861-1954 1
Sears, Amelia 1
Shelley, Rebecca, 1887-1984 1
Smith, Mary Rozet, -1934 1
Starr, Ellen Gates 1
Stevens, Alzina P. 1
Swanwick, Helena M. (Helena Maria), 1864-1939 1
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944 1
Taussig, Florence G. 1
Taylor, Lea Demarest 1
Vernon, Mabel 1
Wales, Julia Grace, 1881- 1
Webb, Beatrice, 1858-1943 1
Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947 1
White, Ella, active 1961 1
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 1
Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 1
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 1
Woods, Amy 1
Woolley, Mary Emma, 1863-1947 1
Wynner, Edith 1
Young Democracy (Organization) 1
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