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Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Oakley, Violet
Dates:
1933-1979; Majority of material found within 1933-1942
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
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Organization of American Women-Strict Neutrality
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Park, Alice Locke
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pauling, Linus and Ava
Dates:
1957-1987; Majority of material found within 1961-1979
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Switzerland-Peace and Disarmament Committee...
Abstract
The Peace and Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organisations was founded in 1931 (informally called the Women's Disarmament Committee). The PDCWIO was formed to promote the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments and called itself the "greatest concerted action for peace ever undertaken by women".
Dates:
1931-1940
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Links
Abstract
Collection consists primarily of folders of printed materials titled: Celebrate Peace kit; Global Awareness kit; How to Talk to Your Children About Nuclear War; Library Project kit; Understanding the Soviets; Women in the Soviet Union study guide; Reach for Peace high school kit.
Dates:
Majority of material found within ca. 1985-1988
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-109
Abstract
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
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Women for Peace
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-157
Abstract
Philadelphia Women's Peace Encampment was a radical feminist direct-action collective with a focus on issues including nuclear disarmament, anti-militarism, racism, and right-wing repression. It served as an affinity group for the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice, based in Romulus, New York.
Dates:
1983-1988