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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
Jeannette Rankin Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Rankin, Jeannette
Overview
Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973), was the first woman to serve in Congress (1917-1919). She was an active suffragist and later worked in peace organizations such as the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the National Council for Prevention of War. Rankin founded the Georgia Peace Society in the 1940s, and led the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, an all-women's protest march against the Vietnam war shortly before her death.
Dates:
1917-2011
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Women -- Societies and clubs -- History -- Sources 1
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- Names
- Arnett, Katharine M. (Katharine McCollin) 1
- Ballantyne, Edith 1
- Boulding, Elise 1
- Brandt, Wilmer, 1920- 1
- Camp, Kay 1
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
- Chalmers, Ruth 1
- Cookson, Sybil, 1890- 1
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
- Frazier, Howard 1
- Freeman, Ruth, 1901- 1
- Gage-Colby, Ruth 1
- Hasegawa, Marii 1
- Hayes, Dorothy M. 1
- Holmes, Margaret 1
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 1
- Jeannette Rankin Brigade 1
- Jōdai, Tano, 1886-1982 1
- Mellor, Ruth 1
- Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 1
- Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 1
- Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 1
- Shannon, K. Patricia 1
- Steffens, Dorothy R. 1
- Van Voris, Jacqueline 1
- Weideman, Elizabeth W. 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Pennsylvania Branch 1
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