Women's International League for Peace and Freedom collection (Swarthmore College Peace Collection accession), 1915-2000.

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom collection (Swarthmore College Peace Collection accession), 1915-2000.

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Includes the organization's records, correspondence, meeting minutes and reports, headquarters papers, and official resolutions; Triennial Congress proceedings, files, and reports; national section files and correspondence; country files; materials on topics and issues in peace and human rights; and WILPF publications. The documents are primarily from the early years.

23.5 linear ft.

eng, Latn

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781261

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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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...