National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War Collected Records

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In the spring of 1924, representatives of nine national women's organizations met at the request of Carrie Chapman Catt. It was decided that they could unite on at least two things: to lobby for the United States to join the World Court, and to hold a conference together. They chose Carrie Chapman Catt to be their leader. Enthusiasm for the NCCCW waned during the second world war and it essentially became defunct; in 1943 it was resurrected into the Women's Action Committee for Victory and Lasting Peace (which name later became the Committee on Education for Lasting Peace).