Seattle Women Act for Peace records, 1936-2000 (bulk 1960-2000).

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Seattle Women Act for Peace records, 1936-2000 (bulk 1960-2000).

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Administrative records, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, clippings, audiotapes, and ephemera documenting the activities of Seattle Women Act for Peace, its cofounder Anci Koppel, and three other peace organizations, the Abe Keller Peace Education Fund, the Northwest Disarmament Coalition, and Women Strike for Peace. Audiotapes, recorded from 1975 to 1999, document lectures and conference proceedings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7681633

University of Washington. Libraries

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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 (...

Seattle Women Act for Peace.

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Seattle-based women's peace organization. Seattle Women Act for Peace (SWAP), an affiliate of the national organization Women Strike for Peace, was formed around 1961 to protest the arms race and atmospheric nuclear testing conducted by the United States and the USSR. Activities of the group, which also lobbies for social justice, have included demonstrations in the 1960s against nuclear testing and antiballistic missile systems, celebrations in 1989 for the Internationa...

Northwest Disarmament Coalition.

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Koppel, Anci.

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Abe Keller Peace Education Fund.

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