Call Number:

CDG-A.Babb, Nancy

Repository:

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Extent:

0.21 linear ft. (1 box)

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: [Identification of item], in the Nancy J. Babb Collected Papers (CDG-A), Swarthmore College Peace Collection.

Date:

1921-1949 (bulk)

Creator:

Babb, Nancy J. (Nancy Jones), 1884-1948 and Thomas, Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey), 1882-1953

Abstract:

Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was a member of the Society of Friends who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization that sponsored annual contests for children and young adults to create posters against war and on peace topics. The NCLSPP offered prizes and art school scholarships to winning posters.

Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was born in Virginia to Quaker parents and was a member of the Society of Friends. Babb was a teacher and social worker who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid-1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization that sponsored annual contests for children and young adults to create posters against war and on peace topics. The NCLSPP offered prizes and art school scholarships to winning posters.

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