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Start Over Repository Swarthmore College Peace Collection Place Great Britain Year 1950 to 1999

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Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles Collected Records, 1983-1989 (bulk)

Extent:
1.04 linear ft. (3 boxes (12.5 linear in.))
Abstract:
Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles was organized in 1983 by a group of women who were part of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in Great Britain. Several activists at Greenham organized Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles, which sought to use the U.S. legal system to challenge the right of the U.S. government to deploy nuclear missiles on foreign soil. Although the suit was unsuccessful, a group of Greenham women traveled around the United States speaking out about the growing objections in the international community to the ongoing escalation of the nuclear arms race.

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National Peace Council (Great Britain) Collected Records, 1909-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.25 linear ft. (2.25 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The National Peace Council, established in 1905 as the National Council of Peace Societies and later also known as the National Council for the Prevention of War, brought together national groups and organizations that held a common interest in peace, disarmament, and internationalism in support of radical and constructive solutions to problems related to war and violence. Its affiliated groups included peace societies as well as religious, social, and industrial organizations. A major task in its early years was organizing the National Peace Congress.

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