Women and peace -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
League for Permanent Peace Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-League for Permanent Peace
Dates:
1918-1920
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Lola Maverick Lloyd Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lloyd, Lola Maverick
Scope and Contents
Collection includes printed correspondence, flyers, notices, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, conference notes, and newspaper reprints. Includes information about Rosika Schwimmer and the Ford Peace Expedition.
Dates:
1915-1944
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-098
Abstract
Belva Ann McNall Lockwood (1830-1917), was the first woman attorney to practice before the Supreme Court. She personally lobbied members of Congress to pass a special act admitting women to the bar of the Court, and first practiced before the Court in 1879. Lockwood ran for the U.S. presidency in 1884 and 1888, being the first woman to have a complete, national campaign for that office. From the 1870s onward Lockwood was active with the radical peace group, the Universal Peace Union,...
Dates:
1878-1917, 1984, 1986, 1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mary Stone McDowell Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-McDowell, Mary Stone
Dates:
1914, 1918, 1945-1955
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-021
Abstract
Edwin D. Mead (1849-1937), and Lucia Ames Mead (1856-1936), were both leading pacifists, writers, and social reformers of the U.S. and international peace movement. Edwin Mead directed the work of the World Peace Foundation and participated in many international peace congresses. He was an American delegate to the International Peace Bureau. Mead helped found the School Peace League and was a prominent member of the American Peace League. Lucia Ames Mead was a leading member of many feminist...
Dates:
1876-1938
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Minute Women for Peace Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Minute Women for Peace
Dates:
1951-1953
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Angela Morgan Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Morgan, Angela
Dates:
1915-1955
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Laura Puffer Morgan Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Morgan, Laura Puffer
Abstract
Laura Puffer Morgan, throughout her lifetime, worked for organizations and movements that promoted peace, disarmament, world order and international understanding. She was an important analyst and writer on these issues for many periodicals.
Dates:
1926-1962
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War
Abstract
Representatives of nine national women's organizations united to accomplish two goals: to lobby for the United States to join the World Court, and to hold a conference together. They chose Carrie Chapman Catt to be their leader.
Dates:
1924-1943
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Council of Jewish Women Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Council of Jewish Women
Dates:
1929-1959; Majority of material found within 1929-1940
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
