A history of resistance : the War Resisters League, nonviolence, and the civil rights movement / by David Schimek. 1994.
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War Resisters League
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The War Resisters League (WRL) was established in 1923 through the initiative of Jessie Wallace Hughan. It began as an organization for men and women willing to sign a pledge refusing to support war of any kind. During World War II, it lent both moral and legal support to conscientious objectors, especially absolute pacifists who refused to participate even in civilian alternative service, often for reasons other than religious beliefs. In 1968, the WRL merged with the Committee for Nonviolent A...
Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955
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Jessie Wallace Hughan, educator, pacifist and socialist, helped to establish the Anti-Enlistment League (1915), belonged to the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and assisted in the founding of the War Resisters League, for which she worked throughout her life. From the description of Collection, 1905-1955. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28297239 ...
Schimek, David
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