Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Chicago Branch records, 1977-1994

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Chicago Branch records, 1977-1994

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Correspondence, subject files, printed materials, financial information, conference materials, newsletters, legislative bulletins, reports, and other administrative materials of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. A majority of the collection is comprised of materials gathered by the league on issues such as nuclear power, civil rights, government surveillance, political corruption, women's issues, and geographic regions such as the Middle East, Haiti, and Cuba. Also included are the papers of Goldie Shapiro and Louise Roth, co-chairs of the league's Legislative Committee and materials pertaining to the league's Chicago branch. The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 to identify and eliminate the roots of violence, poverty, exploitation, oppression, and racism through non-violent means.

2.75 linear ft (7 boxes)

eng, Latn

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Roth, Louise

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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...

Shapiro, Goldie.

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