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Start Over Repository Swarthmore College Peace Collection Subject Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources Organization Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) Year 1900 to 1949

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Rosika Schwimmer Collected Papers, 1914-1948 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:
Rosika Schwimmer was a suffragist and feminist leader from Hungary who worked internationally. She founded several Hungarian societies for the advancement of trade unionism, land reform, feminism, female suffrage and pacifism and worked to promote peace during World War I. She helped to form a number of U.S. and international peace groups, including the Emergency Peace Federation, the Henry Ford Peace Expedition, and the Woman's Peace Party. She received the World Peace Prize in 1937.

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Lella Secor Florence Papers, 1915-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:
.5 linear ft. (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
Lella Secor Florence became a pacifist while serving as a journalist on the Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) and then participated in several peace organizations focused on keeping the United States out of World War I. She was active in the British section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and in the birth control movement there and wrote Birth Control on Trial.

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Lola Maverick Lloyd Collected Papers, 1915-1944 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.08 linear ft. (1 linear in.)
Abstract:
Collection includes printed correspondence, flyers, notices, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, conference notes, and newspaper reprints. Includes information about Rosika Schwimmer and the Ford Peace Expedition.

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