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Address: Armistice Day
written by Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961, in Emily Greene Balch Papers, 1842-1961, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 22, Frame 589 [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (11 November 1935) , 57 page(s)
Notes for a speech. Description of the functions of the League of Nations. Title of her speech is “What of Peace today?” in light of the shadow of World War I and the beginnings of World War II. Discusses her year and a half experience in Geneva, and the probability of another war in Europe. Compares the con...
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written by Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961, in Emily Greene Balch Papers, 1842-1961, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 22, Frame 589 [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (11 November 1935) , 57 page(s)
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Notes for a speech. Description of the functions of the League of Nations. Title of her speech is “What of Peace today?” in light of the shadow of World War I and the beginnings of World War II. Discusses her year and a half experience in Geneva, and the probability of another war in Europe. Compares the confusing current situation with the simple alignments of World War I, no bilateral cleavage this time. Considers the conflicts within co...
Notes for a speech. Description of the functions of the League of Nations. Title of her speech is “What of Peace today?” in light of the shadow of World War I and the beginnings of World War II. Discusses her year and a half experience in Geneva, and the probability of another war in Europe. Compares the confusing current situation with the simple alignments of World War I, no bilateral cleavage this time. Considers the conflicts within countries along class lines and ideological differences. Mentions the changes wrought by the industrial revolution, and the conflict between capitalism, communism, and fascism. Discusses how governments use fear, power, and blackmail as weapons. But despite propaganda, the bulk of the people do not want war in all countries. Mentions the effectiveness of the peace movement in Europe, particularly in France. Also discusses the failures of peace and disarmament in recent years. Refers to the history of international conferences, world courts, the First Hague Conference, and then mentions the shortcomings of the League of Nations and the Kellogg pact. Balch believes governments need to return to the League of Nations as a guarantor of peace – use of diplomatic, financial, and economic pressure first. Notes the cynical perspective of the British population that war is coming and they must be ready. Asks, what of the US in all this? Discusses the US relationship to the League of Nations and the impact of the US’s refusal to join and cooperate with other nations. Must hope that economic recovery will lessen the threat of war.
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
11 November 1935, 1935
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Speech/Address
Author / Creator
Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961
Topic / Theme
Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Political and Human Rights, Disarmament, International Peace, Equal Rights for Women
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Booklet: A Venture in Internationalism
written by Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961, in Emily Greene Balch Papers, 1842-1961, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 22, Frame 853 [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (1938) , 38 page(s)
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written by Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961, in Emily Greene Balch Papers, 1842-1961, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 22, Frame 853 [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (1938) , 38 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1938
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961
Topic / Theme
Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Political and Human Rights, Disarmament, International Peace, Equal Rights for Women
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Collective Suicide
written by Dorothy Detzer, 1893-1981, in Dorothy Detzer Papers, 1913-1981, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 5, Folder "Manuscripts for speeches/articles/releases/etc. by DD. (1938-1939)") (Swarthmore, PA) (1935) , 10 page(s)
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written by Dorothy Detzer, 1893-1981, in Dorothy Detzer Papers, 1913-1981, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 5, Folder "Manuscripts for speeches/articles/releases/etc. by DD. (1938-1939)") (Swarthmore, PA) (1935) , 10 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Dorothy Detzer, 1893-1981
Topic / Theme
Women, Colonization, Empire, and Post Coloniality, Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Opposition to Imperialism, International Peace
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A Dialogue on Peace and Arbitration
written by Hannah Johnston Bailey, 1839-1923, in Hannah Johnston Bailey Papers, 1836-1923, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 2, Folder " Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Dept. of Peace and Arbitration, 1888-1917: Branches") (Swarthmore, PA) , 7 page(s)
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written by Hannah Johnston Bailey, 1839-1923, in Hannah Johnston Bailey Papers, 1836-1923, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 2, Folder " Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Dept. of Peace and Arbitration, 1888-1917: Branches") (Swarthmore, PA) , 7 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Hannah Johnston Bailey, 1839-1923
Topic / Theme
Women and Religion, Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Religious Leadership and Religious Activism, International Peace
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July 1914
written by Lucia True Ames Mead, 1856-1936, in Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers, 1876-1938, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 5, #23, [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) (Swarthmore, PA) (1914); in Diary 1914 - [No. 1] , [NA]-[NA]
Sailed from Boston to London. Travelling with her husband “Ned,” Edwin Mead. Mentions the following organizations or groups: Peace Council, Liberal League, Suffrage Committee, Suffrage Society, Garton Foundation, Peace Palace at the Hague, and the Red Cross. Mead mostly describes dinner parties and gatherings...
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written by Lucia True Ames Mead, 1856-1936, in Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers, 1876-1938, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 5, #23, [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) (Swarthmore, PA) (1914); in Diary 1914 - [No. 1] , [NA]-[NA]
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Sailed from Boston to London. Travelling with her husband “Ned,” Edwin Mead. Mentions the following organizations or groups: Peace Council, Liberal League, Suffrage Committee, Suffrage Society, Garton Foundation, Peace Palace at the Hague, and the Red Cross. Mead mostly describes dinner parties and gatherings with various politicians and activists. Frequently discusses conversations and meetings with Dr. Jordan , Ambassador Page, and Norman...
Sailed from Boston to London. Travelling with her husband “Ned,” Edwin Mead. Mentions the following organizations or groups: Peace Council, Liberal League, Suffrage Committee, Suffrage Society, Garton Foundation, Peace Palace at the Hague, and the Red Cross. Mead mostly describes dinner parties and gatherings with various politicians and activists. Frequently discusses conversations and meetings with Dr. Jordan , Ambassador Page, and Norman Angell. Mead also makes frequent references to the Balkans and the lead up to war. While in London, Mead has dinner at the House of Commons hosted by Allen Baker. Conversation about British suffrage and temperance with Mrs. Baker. Discussion of Muslims in Turkey, and the Turkish massacre of Armenians. Discussion of strikes, unions, and their relation to peace. Mead spoke on the topic of “The Churches Against War” at one meeting. Mentions a Suffrage Committee meeting with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. McCormick, Mrs. Chapin, Mrs. Rosika Schwimmer, Dr. Jordan, etc. Talks about the effect of militancy on the suffrage movement. Concerned about discontent in Ireland, especially during the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. Frequent discussion of the death of Joseph Chamberlain. Went to the Hague 26 July, discussed plans for an Educational Conference with Dr. Van Dyke, then on to Brussels. Mead describes the Internationalist Socialist Congress in Vienna, and left for Berlin. Mentions that Germans seem to the think the current war is primarily with Russia, describes the scene of soldiers mobilizing across Germany and the opinions of her various colleagues on the current state of the war.
Last section of this journal is notes about 1903, written in 1921. Describes trip to Holland, Germany, and France as well as the Amsterdam Conference. Mentions the Cleveland Ladies and visiting the Peace Bureau.
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1914
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Lucia True Ames Mead, 1856-1936
Person Discussed
Lucia True Ames Mead, 1856-1936
Topic / Theme
Peace, International Governance, and International Law, International Peace
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Diary 1919 - [No. 2]
written by Lucia True Ames Mead, 1856-1936, in Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers, 1876-1938, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 5, #33, [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (May 1919) , 128 page(s)
This portion of Lucia Ames Mead’s diary, beginning May 10, covered the 1919 WILPF Congress in Zurich. Mead described the proceedings of the Congress in detail, including speeches, motions for resolutions, and topics of discussion from delegates and observers from many nations. Mead called Jane Addams’s leaders...
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written by Lucia True Ames Mead, 1856-1936, in Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers, 1876-1938, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 5, #33, [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (May 1919) , 128 page(s)
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This portion of Lucia Ames Mead’s diary, beginning May 10, covered the 1919 WILPF Congress in Zurich. Mead described the proceedings of the Congress in detail, including speeches, motions for resolutions, and topics of discussion from delegates and observers from many nations. Mead called Jane Addams’s leadership, “patient, fair, shrewd, and kind.” Mead gave opening remarks on the Covenant of the League of Nations. The group issued the Bo...
This portion of Lucia Ames Mead’s diary, beginning May 10, covered the 1919 WILPF Congress in Zurich. Mead described the proceedings of the Congress in detail, including speeches, motions for resolutions, and topics of discussion from delegates and observers from many nations. Mead called Jane Addams’s leadership, “patient, fair, shrewd, and kind.” Mead gave opening remarks on the Covenant of the League of Nations. The group issued the Book on the Congress to peaceful people and governments. Over the course of the Congress, Mead wrote of discussions on topics including the League of Nations, disarmament, the rights of asylum, capital punishment, socialism, trafficking in women, blockades, trade, propaganda, the rights of prisoners, education, taxation, the Red Cross, and the malnutrition of children. The group was not in total agreement that capitalism was the cause of the war, but most seemed to identify as socialists. Some argued that the League was robbing and strangling Germany. They feared the creation of Alsace-Lorraine-like areas all over Europe. Addams hoped that once the bitterness died down, a better League of Nations could be developed. Lillian Wald thought that all countries should be more concerned about child welfare, malaria, and venereal disease. Ethel Snowden criticized the Paris peace treaty because it did not work for peace, but for war, which was not what the soldiers were fighting for. Mead wrote of their society’s “birthday” and new name [Women’s International league for Peace and Freedom]. The Congress received a telegram from President Wilson and he said their message appealed to both his head and heart. After the Congress ended, Mead described a banquet with several speakers, including Jane Addams. On May 18, she traveled to Berne, then Geneva, and back to Paris, to the Hotel Petrograd. Names mentioned by Mead in the diary include: Chrystal MacMillan, Emily Greene Balch, Jeanette Rankin, Florence Kelley, Alice Thatcher Post, Lillian Wald, Madeleine Doty, Aletta Jacobs, Dr. Wilson, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Mrs. Ashton (Lord Bryce’s sister-in-law), Rosa Kulka, Lida Gustava Heymann, Catherine Marshall, Ethel Snowden, Fran Perlen, Mademoiselle La Fontaine, and Anita Augspurg.
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
May 1919, 1919
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Lucia True Ames Mead, 1856-1936
Person Discussed
Lucia True Ames Mead, 1856-1936
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Draft: Personal History
written by Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961, in Emily Greene Balch Papers, 1842-1961, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 19, Frame 124 [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (December 1945) , 32 page(s)
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written by Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961, in Emily Greene Balch Papers, 1842-1961, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 19, Frame 124 [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (December 1945) , 32 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
December 1945, 1945
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961
Person Discussed
Jane Addams, 1860-1935, Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961
Topic / Theme
Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Work and Class Identity, Political and Human Rights, International Peace, Equal Pay for Equal Work, Rights to Work, Equal Rights for Women
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The First Fifty Years
written by Dorothy Detzer, 1893-1981, in Dorothy Detzer Papers, 1913-1981, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 5, Folder "Speech: 'The First Fifty Years' (1965) (WILPF 50th Anniversary)") (Swarthmore, PA) (1965) , 28 page(s)
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written by Dorothy Detzer, 1893-1981, in Dorothy Detzer Papers, 1913-1981, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 5, Folder "Speech: 'The First Fifty Years' (1965) (WILPF 50th Anniversary)") (Swarthmore, PA) (1965) , 28 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1965
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Speech/Address
Author / Creator
Dorothy Detzer, 1893-1981
Topic / Theme
Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Political and Human Rights, Disarmament, International Peace, Equal Rights for Women
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A Foreign Policy for the W.I.L.
written by Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961, in Emily Greene Balch Papers, 1842-1961, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 22, Frame 654-655 [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (1935) , 2 page(s)
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written by Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961, in Emily Greene Balch Papers, 1842-1961, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Microfilm Reel 22, Frame 654-655 [microform], Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. Originals held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.) (Swarthmore, PA) (1935) , 2 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Emily Greene Balch, 1867-1961
Topic / Theme
Peace, International Governance, and International Law, League of Nations, Disarmament, International Peace
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Journey of Friendship
in Dorothy Hutchinson Papers, 1942-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Series II, Box 1, Folder "Letters written during Journey of Friendship (1954)") (Swarthmore, PA) (1954) , 1 page(s)
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in Dorothy Hutchinson Papers, 1942-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Series II, Box 1, Folder "Letters written during Journey of Friendship (1954)") (Swarthmore, PA) (1954) , 1 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1954
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Equal Rights for Women, International Peace
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