Babcock, Caroline L. (Caroline Lexow), 1882-
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Caroline Lexow Babcock (b. Feb. 5, 1882, Nyack, NY–d. March 8, 1980, Nyack, NY). The daughter of legislator Clarence Lexow, she graduated Barnard College in 1904. She became executive secretary to Harriot Stanton Blatch at the Women's Political Union. Babcock also served as president of the College Equal Suffrage League of New York, executive secretary of the National College Equal Suffrage League, served on the executive committee and board of directors of the Birth Control Federation of America and a member of the Women's Peace Society. In 1921, she founded the Women's Peace Union and also chaired women's peace march in New York City. With Elinor Byrns, Babcock drafted a constitutional amendment calling for the power to declare or prepare for war to be removed from the powers of the U. S. Congress. She married Philip Westerly Babcock in 1915 and had three children.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Women's Peace Union. Women's Peace Union records, 1921-1941, bulk (1929-1940). | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Collection, 1921-1961 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Marks, Jeannette Augustus, 1875-1964. Papers, 1938-1959 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Campaign for World Government (Organization). Campaign for World Government records, 1937-1985. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Women's Peace Union records, 1921-1941, 1929-1940 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1822-1984, 1878-1915 (bulk) | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Doris Stevens, 1884-1983 (inclusive), 1920-1960 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Women's Peace Society. Records, 1914-1933 (bulk 1919-1933). | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| creatorOf | Babcock, Caroline L. (Caroline Lexow), b. 1882. Papers of Caroline Lexow Babcock and Olive E. Hurlburt, 1906-1961 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947. Papers: Series II, 1894-1948 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Women's Peace Union. U.S. Branch. Records, 1921-1940. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| creatorOf | Women's Peace Society. Records, 1914-1933 bulk 1919-1933. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| creatorOf | Papers, 1906-1961 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Mary Ware Dennett | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Kitchelt, Florence Ledyard Cross, 1874-1961. Papers, 1885-1961 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Campaign for World Government. Records of the Chicago office, 1937-1995 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Granger, Dorothy Shipley, 1899-1998. Papers, 1914-1998 (inclusive), 1937-1978 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, (inclusive), (bulk), 1914-1998, 1937-1978 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1938(1942-1947) 1959 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament. Records, 1930-1937. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Helen Brewster Owens, 1867-1948 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Doris Stevens, 1884-1983 (inclusive), 1920-1960 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1867, 1895, 1902-1948 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of of Alma Lutz,1921-1961 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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| Nyack (N.Y.) | US | ||
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Birth 1882-02-05
Death 1980-03-08
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