Women and peace -- History -- Sources
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
Jane Addams Collection
A world-famous social reformer; co-founded the first settlement house in America in 1889; championed many causes on behalf of the urban poor, such as protection of immigrants, child labor laws, industrial safety, juvenile courts, and recognition of labor unions; a leading figure in the movement for international peace; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
Alliance Universelle des Femmes pour la Paix par l'Éducation Collection
Includes newspaper clippings, periodicals, and the constitution of the organization.
American Association of University Women Collected Records
American Women for Peace Collected Records
Materials include releases, leaflets, and the periodical Peacemaker.
Another Mother for Peace Records
Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. 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." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.
Hannah J. Bailey Papers
Emily Greene Balch Papers
Katherine Devereux Blake Collected Papers
Katherine Devereux Blake was a suffragist and peace activist through the first half of the twentieth century. She was a member of the Ford Peace Expedition in 1915-1916, served on the national board of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and its international executive board, and was the chief speaker for the Disarmament Caravan, which toured 9,000 miles in 1931.
