Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Papers

Alternative Title

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Papers

Documents in this collection

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Hyers sends Johnson materials on preparedness.

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Thomas responds for Addams to Valentine, Posedano, and Valentine encouraging them to form a peace party in Costa Rica.

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Franklin asks Addams for information on the peace movement.

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Karsten sends Franklin materials from the Woman's Peace Party.

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Jordan tells Addams he is not going to the People's Council meeting in Minneapolis because he does not agree with their tactics.

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Karsten sends Norton peace literature and discusses news coverage.

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Karsten tells Richardson that Addams will be working for Hoover's Food Administration Department over the winter.

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Norton asks Addams for suggestions of wartime activities suitable for pacifists.

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Karsten sends the Board a revised statement for approval and a statement of the Union of Democratic Control.

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Addams approves of the Woman's Peace Party statement.

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Breckinridge sends Addams the Auditor's statement (not found) for the Woman's Peace Party.

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Landsberg drafted a note to send Nye information on military training in schools.

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Warbasse tells Addams that she cannot attend the Woman's Peace Party annual meeting, but supports keeping the organization focused on pacifism and internationalism.

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Minthorn asks Addams if the conscription law excludes Quakers and suggests a plan to bring about peace.

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Karsten sends Menzel information on joining the Woman's Peace Party.

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Eastman asks Addams to support her efforts to hold a New York State peace convention in Janauary.

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Karsten sends Minthorn information on the conscription law and the Woman's Peace Party.

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Addams discusses appointing Ruth Williams to the Woman's Peace Party Board and agrees to meet with the board in New York in January.

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Addams tells Lane that she cannot appear at a peace meeting for the New York Branch of the Woman's Peace Party.

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Gorham sends Addams a news clipping and wishes her good health.

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Mead arranges plans to meet with Addams and offers holiday greetings in a world embroiled in war.

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Karsten sends Eickmeyer materials on the Woman's Peace Party.

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Mead complains about a New York Times article that she believes misrepresents the Woman's Peace Party.

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Root resigns from the Woman's Peace Party if Addams wants her resignation, and tells of her medical problems.

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Karsten thanks Leach for her letter to Addams and invites her to an upcoming board meeting.

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Karsten thanks Gorham for the clipping she sent Addams and asks her to also send copies of Mead's list of recommended books.

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Karsten wishes Burch better health and invites her to attend an upcoming Executive Board meeting before she decides to resign.

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Karsten shares Addams's excitement that Winslow is planning to attend the upcoming Woman's Peace Party Board meeting and sends her a member list and copies of the Resolutions.

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Addams asks Post about timing for a Woman's Peace Party board meeting and her opinion on whether the Party should hold an annual meeting this year. A similar letter was sent to all the board members.

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Taussig emphasizes the need to raise more funds for the Women's peace organization and to increase publicity to keep all world wide branches informed.

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Marple wants to leave part of her fortune to a peace organization that is unfaltering in its ideals and asks Addams if the Woman's Peace Party fits that description.

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Addams expresses her belief that the Women's Peace Party could be the organization Marple is looking for and hopes she will contribute her fortune to the International Congress.

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Balch tells Addams about the Interenational Socialist Conference in Lucerne and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's plans.

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Balch provides Harwood with a sense of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's mission and immediate goals.

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The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom argues for the benefits of membership.

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Grünfeld sends a request for food relief for Germany and Austria.

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The Swiss Red Cross reports on the deaths of children in the City Children's Asylum and White Cross Hospitals in Budapest.

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Balch updates Addams on the status of the Summer School and the upcoming meeting of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Executive Committee.

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Karsten tells Addams that she is leaving her position as the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section executive secretary and will not attend the upcoming meeting.

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Kittredge tells Addams about the efforts to send Women's International League for Peace and Freedom files from New York to the new offices in Washington.

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Spencer discusses future actions of the Woman's Peace Party.

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Addams tells Balch that she has not yet received material that was sent by Wossner.
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Addams tells Woods that she told Miss Christensen to write her directly.

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Addams asks Woods to send publicity regarding The Hague conference to American journals and notes that donations thus far are small.

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Addams tells Karsten that she received a check for the Fresh Air Fund.

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Woods tells Addams about plans to hold the next International Congress of Women in the United States.

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Dulles asks Addams to reach out to Manley Hudson and Ferdinanc Schevill to join the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section National Council.

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Woods asks Addams about whether the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section should use revenues from pamphlet sales to fund the printing of more pamphlets.

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Addams sends Woods an article by David Starr Jordan on the Japanese immigration question.

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Addams tells Balch that she thinks the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section should use funding for publishing the Summer School proceedings.