Another Mother for Peace Records

Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." Dedicated to the principle that "war is obsolete", AMP encouraged its members to do peace homework by writing to elected government officials, expressing their desire for peace. The AMP logo, "War is not healthy for children or other living things", created by Lorraine Schneider, was prominent on its educational material and on medallions, peace notes, and greeting cards which were sold to raise money.

Another Mother for Peace began in March 1967 when 15 women in Beverly Hills, frustrated by the escalation of the Vietnam war, printed 1000 Mother's Day cards to send to their Congressmen. Two months later, by the end of May, 200,000 cards had been sold. With its profits, AMP started an Invest In Peace fund to support legislators who voted against war appropriations. Its main campaign throughout its existence was to establish a Department and Secretary of Peace as part of the executive branch whose purpose would be "to examine and evaluate the range of non-military alternatives" to war". In May 1969, the first annual Mother's Day Assembly was held in Los Angeles. At that time, AMP also introduced a Pax Materna, "a permanent, irrevocable condition of amnesty and understanding among mothers of the world". The AMP logo was translated into twenty languages. Film and television celebrities, including Donna Reed, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Dick Van Dyke appeared on national television to promote AMP causes. Three hundred and seventy thousand action newsletters were mailed in 1969. That number increased to 405,000 in 1970 as AMP's campaign against ABM, MIRV, and chemical biological warfare attracted more women to its membership. Former Miss America and Commissioner of Congressional Affairs in New York City Bess Myerson gave a speech, "You Don't Have to Buy War, Mrs. Smith", which was made into a film the following year. Seven thousand five hundred copies of Dr. Frederick L. Schuman's pamphlet "Why a Department of Peace?" were published and distributed. Gold Star mothers added their voices to the AMP drive to stop the war in Vietnam.

By 1971, AMP had a staff of 14. Co-chairmen Dorothy B. Jones and Barbara Avedon testified against the military budget before the Department of Defense Appropriations Sub-Committee. Invest in Peace contributions to Congressmen who voted for an early withdrawal from the war and against ABM and MIRV were continued. AMP urged an investigation of the oil leases off the coast of Vietnam, insinuating that the war was tied to business interests.

Support for Daniel Ellsberg and Tony Russo who released the Pentagon papers was organized. As the war in Vietnam slowed and finally stopped, AMP membership decreased, but this group of women continued to speak out against the escalation of the nuclear arms race, the military budget and nuclear pollution at home. AMP announced its intention to become inactive in January 1979, but continued to send out its newsletter and other peace literature. Its last newsletter was mailed in the spring of 1985. Its offices closed in January 1986.