Women's International League for Peace and Freedom fonds. 1917-

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom fonds. 1917-

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The fonds consists of correspondence, much of it by Sheila Young or addressed to her, concerning various international issues; among the addressees are Prime Minister Trudeau and various cabinet ministers and other politicians, newspapers, commissions and organizations, government departments and agencies, and businesses. The records of the 11th, 13th-18th, and 20th International Congresses of the W.I.L.P.F. are also included, as well as printed material on military expenditures, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, peace, and the polar regions. Fonds includes photographs of a 1956 garden party.

69.5 cm of textual records.3 photographs.

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Young, Sheila

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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...