Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers, 1932-1969.

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Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers, 1932-1969.

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The Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers consist of correspondence, clippings, and organization files. The collection contains extensive correspondence of Carrie Chapman Catt describing women's rights work and activities for peace. The papers also contain materials relating to the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War, the Foreign Policy Association, the New York Herald Tribune's Inter-American Conferences, and the Woman's Action Committee for Lasting Peace.

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7569049

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, suffragist, early feminist, political activist, and Iowa State alumna (1880), was born on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin to Maria Clinton and Lucius Lane. At the close of the Civil War, the Lanes moved to a farm near Charles City, Iowa where they remained throughout their lives. Carrie entered Iowa State College in 1877 completing her work in three years. She graduated at the top of her class and while in Ames established military drills for women, became the first...

National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War (U.S.)

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The National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War was a cooperative enterprise of several American women's organizations--none of them pacifist but all of them interested in working for peace. Carrie Chapman Catt was one of the organizers. The Committee was supported financially by grants from the cooperating organizations, as well as by individual contributions. The emphasis was on education; the two outstanding activities were the annual conference, instituted in 1925 and continuing until th...

General Federation of Women's Clubs

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship

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Beggs, Vera W. (Vera Wadsworth), -1968

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Pacifist; Suffragist; Civic leader; International relations specialist. Vera Beggs (?-1968) worked closely with Carrie Chapman Catt from 1933 to 1938 as chairman of the Marathon Round Tables, a study and discussion project concerned with U.S. foreign policy carried on through the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War (NCCCW). Beggs chaired the NCCCW in the early 1940s and continued to be involved with its successor, the Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace. She served as chairman...