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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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Regina M. Hess Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hess, Regina
Dates:
1944-1951
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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