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Women and peace -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

Christian Women's Peace Movement Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Christian Women's Peace Movement

Civilian Training Unit for Women Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Civilian Training Unit for Women

Codepink Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Codepink
Abstract

Includes letters, flyers, reports, printed emails, and materials from local branches.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2003-2011

Collected records of the Woman's Peace Party : [microform]

 Collection — Othertype Reels 12.1a-12.24a
Identifier: SCPC-Reels-12.1a-12.24a

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

Camille Drevet Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-France-Drevet, Camille
Abstract

Mimeographed writings, statements on the Soviet Union and the international situation; Swiss Security Service report on Drevet (1933); pamphlets by Drevet.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930-1933

Fellowship of Peace Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Fellowship of Peace

Lella Secor Florence Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-126
Abstract

Lella Secor Florence became a pacifist while serving as a journalist on the Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) and then participated in several peace organizations focused on keeping the United States out of World War I. She was active in the British section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and in the birth control movement there and wrote Birth Control on Trial.

Dates: 1915-1936

A. Ruth Fry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-046
Overview [Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on...
Dates: 1905-1957

Ruth Gage-Colby Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Gage-Colby, Ruth