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Start Over Subject Disarmament -- History -- Sources Subject Women and Peace -- History -- Sources People Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 Creator Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 Year 1900 to 1949

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Dorothy Detzer Papers, 1913-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 linear ft. (3 linear feet.)
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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]