Women for Peace (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1961-1988.

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Women for Peace (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1961-1988.

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Correspondence, brochures, fliers, press releases, newsletters, reports, financial materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other records of Women for Peace, the Chicago chapter of the national organization: Women Strike for Peace. Includes materials related to activities and interests of the Chicago chapter and the national organization, as well as other local and national anti-war, activist groups. Also present are copies of Bulletin, the Chicago chapter's monthly newsletter, and a scrapbook containing photographs and newspaper clippings documenting activities of Women for Peace. Much of the material was collected by Shirley Lens, an active member of Women for Peace. The collection includes a sound cassette tape of Barbara Timm dated October 16, 1980; and a VHS tape of the 1985 Geneva Mock Summit.

1 video recording.

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Chicago History Museum

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Women for Peace (Chicago, Ill.)

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Women for Peace, the Chicago chapter of Women Strike for Peace, was founded in 1961. The original purpose of the group was to demand the banning of above-ground nuclear tests because of the danger of radioactive fallout. Their actions helped lead to the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1963, which ended atmospheric nuclear tests. Women for Peace was one of the first groups who demonstrated against U.S. involvement in Vietnam. More recent opposition has focused on the complete abolition of nuclear weap...

Lens, Shirley

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Shirley Lens died Oct. 24, 2005. From the description of Shirley Lens papers, ca. 1965-1980. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713907926 ...

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 (...

343 South Dearborn Street (Chicago, Ill.)

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