Solenberger, Edith R. (Edith Reeves), 1886-1976

Quaker peace activist and author Edith Reeves Solenberger graduated from Radcliffe College (A.B. 1907, A.M. 1910) and lived for most of her life in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She married Edwin Solenberger in 1913; a son, Robert, was born in 1916.

From the description of Papers, 1916-1918 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009570

Edith R. Solenberger (1886-1976) was a Quaker activist fromDelaware County, PA. In the early 1960's, the Army Corps of Engineers initiated a plan for the Kinzua dam. Through land transfers and legal negotiation, they forced the Seneca Indians off their land in New York State. Edith Solenberger, with the Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, fought to give the Seneca Indians fair legal representation.

From the description of Kinzua Project papers, 1961-1970. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 32596023

Edith Solenberger (1886-1976), a Quaker from Delaware County, Pennsylvania, graduated from Radcliffe College with A.B. and A.M degrees. She was a Co-Clerk at Lansdowne Friends Meeting, and a founder of the Lansdowne-Upper Darby branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, serving as chairman. She was WILPF's referent on American Indians in the 1950s. Her interests were broad, including the peace movement, the draft, conscription of women, women in prison, the Japanese Peace Treaty (1951), the United Nations, the "fifth column" (the U.S. Communist Party), venereal disease in the armed services, and academic freedom. She made several trips to British Columbia where she was befriended and honored by the Doukhobors.

From the description of Collection, 1910-1979, (bulk) 1925-1979. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29401561