Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Seattle Branch records 1940-2000

Steere, Dawn R.

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Larsen, Angeline M.

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

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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 foundi...

Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989

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Warren Grant Magnuson (b. April 12, 1905, Moorhead, Minn.-d. May 20, 1989, Seattle, Wash.), a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, graduated from the University of Washington law school in 1929 and served in several local and state-wide political posts until 1936 when he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Congress. During the Second World War he served in the U.S. Navy attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. He was a member of the Senate from 1944 to 1981, se...

Carbray, Mary D.

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Kurose, Akiko.

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Angeloff, Alice

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Seattle Branch

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The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is an international women's organization devoted to furthering the causes of peace and justice. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915. Local branches exist to support the objectives of the National Board. The Seattle Branch was established in 1935. Major emphasis is placed on promoting nonviolent solutions to world conflict, world disarmament, women's rights, and racial and economic justice. From ...

Seattle Women Act for Peace

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Seattle Women Act for Peace (SWAP) is an affiliate group of Women Strike for Peace (WSP). WSP was founded by Bella Abzug and Dagmar Wilson after an international protest against the arms race and atmospheric nuclear testing conducted by the United States and the USSR. On November 1, 1961, women around the world, including 1500 in Washington D.C., were roused to protest out of concern for children's health, which was at great risk due to radiation's effect on milk. SWAP was formed sh...

Lowry, Mike, 1919-2008

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Michael E. Lowry, commonly known as Mike, served in local, state, and national government. Born in 1939 in Eastern Washington, Lowry graduated from Washington State University in 1962. After working as chief fiscal analyst and staff director for the Washington State Legislature's Senate Ways and Means Committee, 1969-1973, Lowry was governmental affairs director for the Puget Sound Group Health Cooperative, 1974-1975, and served on the King County Council, 1975-1978, chairing it in 1977. In 1978...