Cora Weiss papers, 1960-

Fonda, Jane, 1937-

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Jane Fonda (b. December 21, 1937, New York City, NY) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. The daughter of actor Henry Fonda, Jane made her Broadway and film debut in 1960. In 1982, she released her first exercise video, Jane Fonda's Workout, which became the highest-selling video of the time. Fonda was a visible political activist in the counterculture era during the Vietnam War and later became involved in advocacy for women. She h...

SANE/FREEZE (Organization)

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Riverside Church Disarmament Program (New York, N.Y.)

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Palme, Olof, 1927-1986

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Nicaragua/Honduras Education Program.

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Friendshipment (Organization)

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Peace Action (Organization)

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Formed as a result of a merger between SANE and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign in November 1987; called SANE/FREEZE until 1993, when name was changed to Peace Action; goals: to promote and clarify peace issues, elect pro-peace government officials, promote nuclear arms control, and lobby for a peace economy. From the description of Records, 1986-[ongoing]. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 34843771 ...

Committee of Liaison with Families of Servicemen Detained in Vietnam

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Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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International Peace Bureau

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Service secretariat acting as a record office, library, and agenda formulating committee for major world peace congresses; organized in 1891; founded in 1892; offices in Geneva, Switzerland. From the description of Collected records, 1889-[ongoing] 1900-1948 (bulk) (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 19612388 From the description of Collected records, 1889-1974 (bulk 1900-1948). (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 70928679 ...

Falk, Richard A.

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Epithet: Professor of International Studies Princeton University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000094 ...

WRVR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)

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Ershova, Elena Nikolaevna

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Baez, Joan, 1941-

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Joan Baez (b. Jan. 9, 1941) is a singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. She got her start during the 1959 Newport Folk Festival and is well known for her performance of "We Shall Overcome" at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom....

Weiss, Cora, 1934-

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Cora Weiss; activist in peace, anti-nuclear and other social justice movements; supporter of the United Nations; early member of Women Strike for Peace, serving on the National Board of WSP from 1961-1973; leader in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the United States: involved with organization of demonstrations, including the largest on November 15, 1969 in Washington, DC; Co-Chair and Director of the Committee of Liaison with Families of Servicemen Detained in Vietnam; organized the exchange of...

Women for Meaningful Summits

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Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006

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Clergyman. From the description of Reminiscences of William S. Coffin, Jr. : oral history, 1989. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122452011 Epithet: Reverend chaplain Yale University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000080 William Sloane Coffin, Jr. was born June 1, 1924, in New York City. He attended Deerfield Academy and Phillips Academy Andover b...

Weiss, Peter, 1925-

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Peter Weiss was born in Vienna (Austria) in 1925, and came to the United States in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946, and with the U.S. Military Government in Berlin in 1947. After graduating cum laude from St. John's College in Annapolis (Maryland), he attended Yale Law School in 1949-1952. After graduation, he founded and became the executive director of the International Development Placement Association, a precursor of the Peace Corps. He practiced law from 1955 to 2006, dividi...

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service

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Founded in 1946, combining the operations of three predecessor groups: Church Committee for China Relief, Church Committee for Relief in Asia, Church Committee for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction. In 1965, became part of the National Council of Church of Christ in the U.S.A., Division of Overseas Ministries. From the description of Records of the Church World Service, 1946-1992 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702150546 ...

Hague Appeal for Peace

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Hague Appeal for Peace; HAP was both an organization (based in New York, NY) and a conference, held May 11-15, 1999 at The Hague, Netherlands, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Hague Peace Conferences of 1899; HAP defined itself as an organization with a global campaign to create a "culture of peace", to strengthen humanitarian and human rights laws and institutions, to advance the prevention, peaceful resolution, and transformation of conflicts, to abolish nuclear weapons and develop di...

Women Strike for Peace

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Women Strike for Peace began in 1961 as a one-day protest against nuclear weapons, led by Dagmar Wilson, in Washington, DC; a nation-wide grass-roots organization most active during the Vietnamese Conflict, when it operated draft counseling and amnesty programs, and lobbied against the continuation of the war; has local chapters throughout the U.S.; national headquarters are in Philadelphia, PA; legislative office and National Information Clearing House are in Washington DC; also known as WISP (...