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Tracy D. Mygatt and Frances Witherspoon Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-089
Abstract
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
Mercedes M. Randall Papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 2
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 2
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 2
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 2
- Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 2
- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 2
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 2
- Arnett, Katharine M. (Katharine McCollin) 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Ballantyne, Edith 1
- Boulding, Elise 1
- Bowie, Walter Russell, 1882-1969 1
- Bussey, Gertrude Carman, 1888-1961 1
- Camp, Kay 1
- Campaign for World Government (Organization) 1
- Casanova, Margaret 1
- Chalmers, Ruth 1
- Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
- Cookson, Sybil, 1890- 1
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 1
- Frazier, Howard 1
- Freeman, Ruth, 1901- 1
- Gage-Colby, Ruth 1
- Hasegawa, Marii 1
- Hayes, Dorothy M. 1
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 1
- Holmes, Margaret 1
- Holtzman, Elizabeth, correspondent 1
- Johnson, Emily Cooper 1
- Jouve, Andrée, 1884-1972 1
- Jōdai, Tano, 1886-1982 1
- Kuenzli, Alfred E. (Alfred Eugene), 1923- 1
- Layer, Frances Evans 1
- Lloyd, Georgia, 1913- 1
- Marston, Helen, 1892-1982 1
- Mellor, Ruth 1
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 1
- New York Bureau of Legal Advice 1
- Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 1
- Ragaz, Clara 1
- Shannon, K. Patricia 1
- Steffens, Dorothy R. 1
- Van Voris, Jacqueline 1
- War Resisters League 1
- Weideman, Elizabeth W. 1
- White, Ella, active 1961 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Pennsylvania Branch 1
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