Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Variant names
Dates:
Establishment 1915
Active 1936
Active 1966
International
Multiple languages, French, English, German

History notes:

WILPF developed out of the International Women's Congress against World War I that took place in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1915 and the formation of the International Women's Committee of Permanent Peace; the name WILPF was not chosen until 1919. The first WILPF president, Jane Addams, had previously founded the Woman's Peace Party in the United States, in January 1915, this group later became the US section of WILPF. Along with Jane Addams, Marian Cripps and Margaret E. Dungan were also founding members. The English Maude Royden remained vice president of the international WILPF. As of 1920 the US section of WILPF was headquartered in New York City. Marian Cripps, Baroness Parmoor, who later served as president of its British branch. Furthermore, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom is opposed to wars and international conflicts. The major movements of the league have been: open letter to UN secretary general to formally end the Korean War, a statement on weapons and an international day for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, gender-based violence and women human rights defenders.

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Subjects:

  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Arms control
  • Chemical weapons
  • Civil rights
  • Disarmament
  • Draft
  • International cooperation
  • International Women's Year, 1975
  • Iraq War, 2003
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Manuscripts on microfilm
  • Nuclear arms control
  • Nuclear disarmament
  • Nuclear energy
  • Pacifism
  • Pacifism
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peaceful change (International relations)
  • Peaceful change (International relations)
  • Peace movements
  • Peace movements
  • Peace movements
  • Police patrol
  • Women
  • Women and peace
  • Women and peace
  • Women and peace
  • Women pacifists
  • Women's rights
  • Pacifism
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peace
  • Peaceful change (International relations)
  • Peace movements
  • Peace movements
  • Women and peace
  • Women and peace

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Places:

  • 11, NL
  • NY, US
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Australia (as recorded)
  • Colorado--Boulder (as recorded)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (as recorded)
  • Illinois--Chicago (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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