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Another Mother for Peace Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-102
Abstract
Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.
Dates:
1964-1978; Majority of material found within 1964-1978
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-098
Overview
Belva Ann McNall Lockwood (1830-1917), was the first woman attorney to practice before the Supreme Court. She personally lobbied members of Congress to pass a special act admitting women to the bar of the Court, and first practiced before the Court in 1879. Lockwood ran for the U.S. presidency in 1884 and 1888, being the first woman to have a complete, national campaign for that office. From the 1870s onward Lockwood was active with the radical peace group, the Universal Peace Union,...
Dates:
1878-1917, 1984, 1986, 1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Minute Women for Peace Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Minute Women for Peace
Dates:
1951-1953
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
Peoples Mandate Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-109
Overview
Peoples Mandate to Governments to End War was an international campaign begun on September 6, 1935, by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to express such overwhelming opposition to war that governments would not dare resort to it as a means of solving disputes between nations. By the end of the decade the Peoples Mandate became an independent organization, headed by Mabel Vernon, and focused on peace and connections between women and women's organizations in the...
Dates:
1935-1975; Majority of material found within 1935-1956
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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:
1915-2019
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Reed, Donna, 1921-1986 1
- Rees, Thomas M., 1925- 1
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- Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920 1
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- Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940 1
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- Warbasse, Agnes D. (Agnes Dyer), 1877-1945 1
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- Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Geneva, Switzerland (International Office) 1
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