Women's International League for Peace and Freedom : papers, 1960-1973.

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom : papers, 1960-1973.

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Boxes 1 through 13 contain minutes, newsletters, subject and background files, correspondence, and scrapbooks that reflect the internal and external activities of the branch and the activities of the US section. Boxes 14 and 15 contain branch legislative files which consist of correspondence, newsletters, legislative reports, memoranda, pamphlets, and other materials, pertaining to local and national policy positions of the WILPF and actions taken by the Buffalo Branch to influence legislation and to support the general cause of peace and international understanding. Included are items sent to local legislative chairmen by the national office of the WILPF, correspondence with congress people and the news media, information on workshops and lectures sponsored by the WILPF, as well as curriculum materials for grade school children explaining the role of the United Nations in world peace.

15 boxes (7.2 linear ft.)

SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo

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SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Buffalo Branch (N.Y.)

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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...

State university of New York at Buffalo

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section

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The United States Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) was established in January 1920, replacing the Woman's Peace Party as the official arm of the WILPF in the United States; its aim was to "promote methods for the attainment of that peace between nations which is based on justice and good will and to cooperate with women from other countries who are working for the same ends." From the description of Records, 1920-1999. (Swarthmore College, Pea...