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Tracy D. Mygatt and Frances Witherspoon Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-089
Overview
Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885-1973) and Frances May Witherspoon (1886-1973) were prolific writers and absolute pacifists who worked together in movements for women's rights, world peace, civil liberties, and civil rights. Both women authored plays, articles, poems, sermons, and stories, individually and in collaboration. They were founders of the War Resisters League and later served as honorary chairs. Frances Witherspoon was a co-founder and Executive Secretary of the New York Bureau of...
Dates:
1835-1973; Majority of material found within 1911-1974
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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- Arnett, Katharine M. (Katharine McCollin) 1
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- Boulding, Elise 1
- Bowie, Walter Russell, 1882-1969 1
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- Cookson, Sybil, 1890- 1
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 1
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
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- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 1
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 1
- Jōdai, Tano, 1886-1982 1
- Kuenzli, Alfred E. (Alfred Eugene), 1923- 1
- Layer, Frances Evans 1
- Lloyd, Georgia, 1913- 1
- Mellor, Ruth 1
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 1
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 1
- New York Bureau of Legal Advice 1
- Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 1
- Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 1
- Shannon, K. Patricia 1
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- Van Voris, Jacqueline 1
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- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 1
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