Records of Pennsylvania Peace Links, 1981-2004.

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Records of Pennsylvania Peace Links, 1981-2004.

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This collection consists of the records of Pennsylvania Peace links, spanning the years 1981-2004. Activities of local chapters and various members are represented along with major outreach projects such as workshops, panels, concerts and educational programs. Documentation includes the Peace Links' attendance at the United Nation's Fourth World Conference on Women and records generated from the organizations involvement in other international conferences pertaining to women's rights issues.

26.5 linear ft. (22 boxes)

University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 7687987

University of Pittsburgh

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World Conference on Women (4th : 1995 : Beijing, China)

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The 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing marked a significant turning point for the global agenda for gender equality. The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, adopted unanimously by 189 countries, is an agenda for women’s empowerment and considered the key global policy document on gender equality. The Beijing conference built on political agreements reached at the three previous global conferences on women (these took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenha...

Heinz, Teresa.

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Conaway, Toni.

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Pennsylvania Peace Links.

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Peace Links is a national organization committed to promoting peaceful alternatives to nuclear war. Betty Bumpers, wife of former U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers, founded the organization in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1982. The Pennsylvania Peace Links chapter was established in Pittsburgh on July 6, 1983 by a group of influential local women, including Teresa Heinz and Joan Specter. Mary J. Paradise served as the first president. Other founding officers of Pennsylvania Peace Links were Toni Conaway, Te...

Specter, Joan.

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Bumpers, Betty

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Paradise, Mary

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