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Jane Addams Collection
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-001
Overview
A world-famous social reformer; co-founded the first settlement house in America in 1889; championed many causes on behalf of the urban poor, such as protection of immigrants, child labor laws, industrial safety, juvenile courts, and recognition of labor unions; a leading figure in the movement for international peace; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
Dates:
1838-; Majority of material found within 1880-1935
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Emily Greene Balch Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-006
Abstract
Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961) was the second U.S. woman to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Balch embarked on her academic career in the economics and sociology department at Wellesley College. Balch's extracurricular work with the Women's Trade Union League and opposition to World War I resulted in dismissal from Wellesley, and thereafter she helped lead the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Called a "Citizen of the World," Balch worked for peace throughout her life--through...
Dates:
1842-1961; Majority of material found within 1875 - 1961
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Dorothy Detzer Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-086
Abstract
Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.
Dates:
1913-1981
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Hannah Clothier Hull Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-016
Abstract
Hannah Clothier Hull (1872-1958), was one of the founders of the Woman's Peace Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She served as a national officer of the WILPF for nearly forty years. Hull was also active in other social reform movements. A member of a well-to-do Quaker family, Hannah Clothier graduated from Swarthmore College in 1891. She first worked at a Philadelphia settlement house and then entered the graduate program in social work at Bryn Mawr College. In...
Dates:
1889-1958
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract
Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served on...
Dates:
1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mercedes M. Randall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-110
Overview
Mercedes M. Randall was an early, and lifelong, member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She held many positions of responsibility in the organization, including chairmanship of the National Education Committee, and presidency of the Manhattan Branch. Randall was the first biographer of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Emily Greene Balch.
Dates:
1914-1977
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 5
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- Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 2
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- Balch, F. V. (Francis Vergnies), 1839-1898 1
- Balch, Francis Noyes, 1873- 1
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
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- Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929 1
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- Freeman, Ruth, 1901- 1
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- Gordon, Mitchell 1
- Gulick, Sidney L. (Sidney Lewis), 1902-1988 1
- Hasegawa, Marii 1
- Hayes, Dorothy M. 1
- Hertzka, Yella, 1873-1948 1
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- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
- Hudson, Manley O. (Manley Ottmer), 1886-1960 1
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 1
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