Peace and Pacifism - Women's Roles
Women have played a key role in the 19th and 20th century peace movements in America and internationally. Peace activism by women and women's organizations.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Women Nobel Peace Laureates are fewer in number than men who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, even though it may have been a woman's peace activism which inspired Alfred Nobel to create the award. In recent decades, the percentage of women among the winners has increased.
Women Nobel Peace Laureates are fewer in number than men who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, even though it may have been a woman's peace activism which inspired Alfred Nobel to create the award. In recent decades, the percentage of women among the winners has increased.
About Jane Addams
Jane Addams, a founder of Chicago's settlement house, Hull House, was also an advocate of peace, and won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work. Biography includes links to more details about her pacifism, anti-militarism, anti-imperialism and peace work.
Jane Addams, a founder of Chicago's settlement house, Hull House, was also an advocate of peace, and won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work. Biography includes links to more details about her pacifism, anti-militarism, anti-imperialism and peace work.
Emily Greene Balch
Emily Balch won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 after years of peace activism. She taught economics and sociology at Wellesley and was in the first graduating class at Bryn Mawr.
Emily Balch won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 after years of peace activism. She taught economics and sociology at Wellesley and was in the first graduating class at Bryn Mawr.
Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn
Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn was a 20th century woman poet from Vermont whose poems often highlighted social injustices.
Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn was a 20th century woman poet from Vermont whose poems often highlighted social injustices.
About Judy Collins
Singer songwriter, part of the 1960s folk revival, Judy Collins is still singing at the beginning of the 21st century. Biography plus a guide to more resources. She testified in the Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial in Chicago, singing "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
Singer songwriter, part of the 1960s folk revival, Judy Collins is still singing at the beginning of the 21st century. Biography plus a guide to more resources. She testified in the Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial in Chicago, singing "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
Julia Ward Howe: Beyond the Battle Hymn of the Republic
This section of a larger biography of Julia Ward Howe is about her activities, after the Civil War had ended, and in the wake of the popularity of her war song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic," to refocus the nation on keeping peace rather than making war.
This section of a larger biography of Julia Ward Howe is about her activities, after the Civil War had ended, and in the wake of the popularity of her war song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic," to refocus the nation on keeping peace rather than making war.
Jody Williams
A profile of Jody Williams, Nobel Peace laureate and peace activist who worked to ban landmines.
A profile of Jody Williams, Nobel Peace laureate and peace activist who worked to ban landmines.
Feminism and Peace Studies
A bibliography of international women and peace issues, compiled in 1996 by Jody Ranck, and consisting of print resources (journal articles, books).
A bibliography of international women and peace issues, compiled in 1996 by Jody Ranck, and consisting of print resources (journal articles, books).
Feminist Resistance to War and Violence in Serbia
A recent war, the war in Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia resulted in terrible violence, much of which targeted women with rape, torture and death. Lepa Mladjenovic and Donna M. Hughes give a feminist perspective on war resistance in the midst of that horror.
A recent war, the war in Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia resulted in terrible violence, much of which targeted women with rape, torture and death. Lepa Mladjenovic and Donna M. Hughes give a feminist perspective on war resistance in the midst of that horror.
IWLPF and Anti-Red Hysteria
"How Did the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Respond to Right-wing Attacks, 1923-1931?" by Helen Baker.
"How Did the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Respond to Right-wing Attacks, 1923-1931?" by Helen Baker.
Kate Richards O'Hare and World War I Sedition
Socialist and labor organizer Kate Richards O'Hare was one of the Americans incarcerated after World War I for violating the Espionage Act. Learn more here with a summary and reproductions of original documents about Richards and her activities.
Socialist and labor organizer Kate Richards O'Hare was one of the Americans incarcerated after World War I for violating the Espionage Act. Learn more here with a summary and reproductions of original documents about Richards and her activities.
Peace Feminism in International Relations
Author Susan C. Coates looks at the relationship between feminism and peace and at the feminist vision of a peaceful world.
Author Susan C. Coates looks at the relationship between feminism and peace and at the feminist vision of a peaceful world.
Peacemakers? Peacekeepers? - Northern Ireland 1969-1995
An article by Valerie Morgan on the role of women in the Northern Ireland peace process and the conflict in Northern Ireland.
An article by Valerie Morgan on the role of women in the Northern Ireland peace process and the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Pacifism vs. Patriotism in Women's Organizations in the 1920s
After World War I, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Daughters of the American Revolution represented two different perspectives of women towards war.
After World War I, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Daughters of the American Revolution represented two different perspectives of women towards war.
The Red Scare and Women's Peace Activism, 1920s, Introduction
After 1920, a second Red Scare targeted groups such as the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. This set of documents shows how the WILPF was linked by its opponents, including the DAR, to communist and socialist groups as part of the campaign against their peace work.
After 1920, a second Red Scare targeted groups such as the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. This set of documents shows how the WILPF was linked by its opponents, including the DAR, to communist and socialist groups as part of the campaign against their peace work.
Suffrage and Self-Determination
Jim Zwick's article on women in the debate on imperialism. Links to many articles by women.
Jim Zwick's article on women in the debate on imperialism. Links to many articles by women.
Universal Peace Union
Lucretia Mott was among the founders of this organization after the Civil War, working to remove causes of war. At least half the members were women.
Lucretia Mott was among the founders of this organization after the Civil War, working to remove causes of war. At least half the members were women.
War Widows International Peace Alliance
This project, which began with American and Vietnamese widows of men killed in the Vietnam conflict telling their stories, continues to focus on educating about the effects of the Vietnam War and other wars from the perspective of the widows.
This project, which began with American and Vietnamese widows of men killed in the Vietnam conflict telling their stories, continues to focus on educating about the effects of the Vietnam War and other wars from the perspective of the widows.
WILPF and Chemical Warfare
A key target of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, between the first and second World Wars, was opposition to the use of chemical weapons. This collection of documents helps to show how the WILPF was involved on this issue.
A key target of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, between the first and second World Wars, was opposition to the use of chemical weapons. This collection of documents helps to show how the WILPF was involved on this issue.
Women for Peace
One of a series of essays on "The Way to Peace" by Sanderson Beck, this one focuses on women and the peace movement, Lucretia Mott through the present. "Feminism has enabled women to take their rightful place in the anti-nuclear movement..."
One of a series of essays on "The Way to Peace" by Sanderson Beck, this one focuses on women and the peace movement, Lucretia Mott through the present. "Feminism has enabled women to take their rightful place in the anti-nuclear movement..."
Women and Peace - Syllabus
A syllabus by Wendy Chmielewski, 1997, on women and peace. Requires use of (free) [link url=http://www.adobe.com]Adobe Acrobat Reader[link] to view or print.
A syllabus by Wendy Chmielewski, 1997, on women and peace. Requires use of (free) [link url=http://www.adobe.com]Adobe Acrobat Reader[link] to view or print.
Women Waging Peace
Official website of an organization which stresses the "essential role and contribution of women in preventing violent conflict, stopping war, and sustaining peace in fragile areas around the world." A program of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Official website of an organization which stresses the "essential role and contribution of women in preventing violent conflict, stopping war, and sustaining peace in fragile areas around the world." A program of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Women Waging Peace
Article in Foreign Policy magazine by Swanee Hunt and Cristina Posa challenging traditional thinking about war and peace, and asking why more women aren't included in official peace negotiations.
Article in Foreign Policy magazine by Swanee Hunt and Cristina Posa challenging traditional thinking about war and peace, and asking why more women aren't included in official peace negotiations.
Women's Peace Mission to European Capitals, 1915
American women, including Jane Addams, Emily Balch and Alice Hamilton, joined over a thousand North American and European women.
American women, including Jane Addams, Emily Balch and Alice Hamilton, joined over a thousand North American and European women.