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Dorothy Detzer Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-086
Abstract
Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.
Dates:
1913-1981
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Dorothy H. Hutchinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-125
Abstract
Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson (l905-l984) began to gain influence in the peace movement when her pamphlet A Call to Peace Now was printed by the Friends in l943. That summer, Hutchinson and a small group of people started the Peace Now Movement, using her pamphlet to rally support for the principle of a negotiated settlement rather than unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. This group included George W. Hartmann, a psychology professor at Columbia, and John Collett. Hutchinson also worked...
Dates:
1942-1980
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
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- Ballantyne, Edith 2
- Boulding, Elise 2
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 2
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 2
- American Friends Service Committee 1
- Arnett, Katharine M. (Katharine McCollin) 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
- Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 1
- Buell, Raymond Leslie, 1896-1946 1
- Camp, Kay 1
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Chalmers, Ruth 1
- Collett, John A. (John Albert), 1911- 1
- Cookson, Sybil, 1890- 1
- Courtney, Kathleen, Dame, 1878-1974 1
- Denny, Ludwell, 1894-1970 1
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 1
- Frazier, Howard 1
- Freeman, Ruth, 1901- 1
- Gage-Colby, Ruth 1
- Gjermoe, Johanne Ruetz 1
- Gordon, Mitchell 1
- Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 1
- Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis), 1902-1988 1
- Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955 1
- Hasegawa, Marii 1
- Hayes, Dorothy M. 1
- Hickie, Dorothy 1
- Holmes, Margaret 1
- Isono, Fujiko, 1918- 1
- Jōdai, Tano, 1886-1982 1
- Mellor, Ruth 1
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 1
- Nayar, Sushila, 1914-2001 1
- Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 1
- Peace Now Movement (Organization) 1
- Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 1
- Rainbolt, Rosemary 1
- Randell, Huldah W. 1
- Riseman, Meta 1
- Shannon, K. Patricia 1
- Sicherman, Barbara 1
- Simon, Bessie 1
- Steffens, Dorothy R. 1
- Van Voris, Jacqueline 1
- Weideman, Elizabeth W. 1
- Weller, George, 1907-2002 1
- Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Pennsylvania Branch 1 ∧ less
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