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From the Women of Philadelphia U.S.A. in Answer to the Friendly Address of the Women of Exeter, England, on the Subject of Peace

 Item — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-From the women of Philadelphia U.S.A.
Abstract Handwritten draft of a reply to an address from women of Exeter, England, in response to their plea urging their American sisters to help prevent war between England and the United States. This draft, of which the final version no longer exists, warns that a mother could sow the seed of blood-thirsty ambition in her son "when in his childish hours she gave him tiny weapons, and taught him how to mimic war's murderous game." Signed by Lucretia Mott. The reply, which was sent to England and is...
Dates: 1846

Granny Peace Brigade Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Granny Peace Brigade
Abstract

Collection consists primarily of printed copies of emails sent by the Granny Peace Brigade to its email group list, 2006-; also includes some meeting minutes, proposed mission statements, publicity and handout materials, and media coverage; collection includes GPB t-shirts.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2006-

Anna Melissa Graves Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-015
Abstract

Anna Melissa Graves was a writer, teacher, world traveler, and internationalist. From the 1920s to the 1940s Graves traveled through Africa, Central and South America, China, Europe, and the Middle East. She taught school in many of these places and maintained a voluminous correspondence with the teachers, acquaintances, and former students she met on her travels.

Dates: 1919-1953

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Collected Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
Scope and Contents

Includes short histories from 1981 of women's peace protests in Great Britain; poetry, letters; press releases; information about nuclear free zones in Britain; announcements of protest actions; newsletters from USA; articles published; postcard photo; news clippings high school students' note cards; video documentary.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1981-1991

Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles
Abstract Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles was organized in 1983 by a group of women who were part of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in Great Britain. Several activists at Greenham organized Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles, which sought to use the U.S. legal system to challenge the right of the U.S. government to deploy nuclear missiles on foreign soil. Although the suit was unsuccessful, a group of Greenham women traveled around the United States speaking out about the growing...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1983-1989

Lucy Haessler Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Haessler, Lucy
Abstract

Collection consists of one folder of biographical information about Lucy Haessler; the remainder is a typewritten transcription of taped interviews, 1986-1987, by Anthony von der Muhll (Haessler's grandson) for his thesis, Fighting Her Way : an Oral History of Lucy Haessler (B.A. thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987); in later years she lived in Santa Cruz, California, where she died.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1986-

Rose Hausman Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hausman, Rose
Abstract

Collection includes printed documents, primarily material brought back by Hausman from England, including leaflets, periodicals, news clippings, and a police notice concerning Hausman's arrest.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1982-1984

Alice Herz and Helga Herz Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Herz, Alice and Helga Herz
Abstract

Papers of a German mother and daughter who emigrated to the United States and were peace activists in the Detroit area; mother was the first American to immolate herself in protest of the Vietnam War.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1941-2002

Regina M. Hess Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hess, Regina
Dates: 1944-1951

Jessie Wallace Hughan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-251
Abstract

Jessie Wallace Hughan (December 25, 1875 – April 10, 1955) was an American educator, social activist, and a radical pacifist. During her college days she was one of four co-founders of Alpha Omicron Pi, a national sorority for university women. She also was a founder and the first Secretary of the War Resisters League, established in 1923. For over two decades, she was a perennial candidate for political office on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America in her home state of New York.

Dates: 1870-1998

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Swarthmore College Peace Collection 69
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Subject
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 42
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 24
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 18
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 12
Women and peace 11
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Suffragists -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 8
Women and peace -- United States 8
Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
Antinuclear movement -- United States 5
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 5
Antinuclear movement 4
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 4
Feminists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 4
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 4
Peace movements -- United States 4
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
United States 4
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Sources 4
Antinuclear movement -- Great Britain 3
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Nuclear disarmament -- Great Britain 3
Nuclear weapons -- Great Britain 3
Peace -- Study and teaching 3
Quaker women 3
Quakers -- Social life and customs 3
Women and peace -- Great Britain 3
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 2
College students -- United States 2
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Education -- Pennsylvania 2
Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
Pacifists 2
Peace 2
Peace movements 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
Quakers -- Social service 2
Quakers -- Suffrage 2
Quakers -- Virginia 2
Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County 2
Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Society of Friends -- Virginia 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
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Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 2
Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 2
Universities and colleges -- Virginia 2
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Virginia -- History -- Sources 2
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Voting -- United States 2
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 2
Women -- Political activity -- Societies, etc. 2
Women -- Political activity -- United States 2
Women -- Societies and clubs -- History -- Sources 2
Women -- Suffrage -- New York (State) 2
Women -- Suffrage -- Societies, etc. 2
Women -- Suffrage -- Virginia 2
Women pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Women political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Women social reformers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Abolitionists 1
African American women -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
Aliens -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
American Literature -- New England 1
American Poetry -- Women authors 1
American fiction 1
American fiction -- Women authors 1
American poetry 1
American poetry -- 20th century 1
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Antimissile missiles -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Australia -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- England -- Berkshire 1
Antinuclear movement -- New Zealand -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1973-1993 -- Sources 1
Arms control -- History -- Sources 1
Authors and publishers -- United States 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Biochemists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century 1
Children and peace 1
Children's literature 1
Children's literature -- Awards -- History -- Sources 1
Church work with prisoners 1
Civil defense -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Clarke County (Va.) -- History -- Sources 1
Communal living -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conflict management -- Study and teaching 1
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Courts -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Language
German 1
Swedish 1
 
Names
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 9
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 8
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 8
Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 8
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 7
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Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 6
Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 5
Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 5
Baer, Gertrude 4
Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 4
Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) 4
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 4
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 4
Woman's Peace Party 4
American Friends Service Committee 3
Ballantyne, Edith 3
Blake, Katherine Devereux, 1858-1950 3
Boulding, Elise 3
Camp, Kay 3
Drevet, Camille 3
Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 3
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp 3
Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970 3
Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 3
Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 3
Shelley, Rebecca, 1887-1984 3
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 3
Women Strike for Peace 3
Woods, Amy 3
Woolley, Mary Emma, 1863-1947 3
Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939 2
American Union Against Militarism 2
Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 2
Arnett, Katharine M. (Katharine McCollin) 2
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 2
Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 2
Chalmers, Ruth 2
Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 2
Doty, Madeleine Z. (Madeleine Zabriskie), 1877-1963 2
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 2
Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 2
Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955 2
Heymann, Lida Gustava, 1868-1943 2
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 2
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 2
Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 2
International Peace Bureau 2
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 2
Jōdai, Tano, 1886-1982 2
Kaufman, Abraham 2
Lewis, Lucy Biddle, 1861- 2
Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944 2
Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 2
Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890-1979) 2
Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 2
National Council of Women of the United States 2
Park, Alice Locke 2
Post, Alice Thacher, 1853-1947 2
Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 2
Starr, Ellen Gates 2
Steffens, Dorothy R. 2
Vernon, Mabel 2
Villard, Fanny Garrison, 1844-1928 2
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 2
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940 2
Wales, Julia Grace, 1881- 2
War Resisters League 2
Warbasse, Agnes D. (Agnes Dyer), 1877-1945 2
Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961 2
Winsor, Mary, 1869-1956 2
Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 2
Wold, Emma, 1871-1950 2
Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957 1
Abrams, Grace Contrino 1
Abrams, Irwin, 1914-2010 1
Accra Assembly (Organization) 1
Addams, John Huy, 1822?-1881 1
Albizu Campos, Pedro, 1891-1965 1
American Friends Service Committee. Peace Section 1
American Neutral Conference Committee 1
American Peace League 1
American Woman's Republic 1
American Women for Peace 1
Another Mother for Peace (Association) 1
Anti-Enlistment League 1
Armstrong, Florence A. (Florence Arzelia), 1881-1962 1
Art for World Friendship (Organization) 1
Avedon, Barbara 1
Axelrod, Beverly 1
Baber, Zonia 1
Baez, Joan 1
Bailey, Hannah J. (Hannah Johnston), 1839-1923 1
Bailey, Moses, 1892-1994 1
Balabanoff, Angelica, 1878-1965 1
Barbusse, Henri, 1873-1935 1
Barker, Christine Ross 1
Baumgardt, David, 1890-1963 1
Berman, Aline 1
Biddle family 1
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