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Alice Thacher Post to Marion Benedict Cothren, October 18, 1920 (fragment)

Post explains the issues facing American efforts to bring relief for prisoners of war still held in the Soviet Union.

Foreign Policy League of Nations Prisoners of War Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Amy Woods to Jane Addams, February 19, 1924

Woods asks Addams for details on the plans for European delegates to the International Congress of Women.

Conferences Finances Peace Travels

Andrea Hofer Proudfoot to Jane Addams, November 6, 1922

Proudfoot asks Addams about the legal cases regarding Austrian funds held by the United States and discusses Austrian relief efforts.

Austria Conferences Food Shortages Health Peace Relief Efforts

Anna Garlin Spencer to Jane Addams October 28, 1920

Spencer tells Addams her reservations about associating relief efforts with disarmament efforts and prefers Geneva as the home for the next Congress.

Disarmament Meetings Peace Prisoners of War

Announcement of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's Third International Congress, April 25, 1921

An announcement of the Third International Congress of Women and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Summer School.

Conferences Education Finances Internationalism Peace

Auguste Zimmerman Kirchhoff to Jane Addams, June 13, 1924

Kirchhoff thanks Addams for her help and describes her experiences at the International Congress of Women.

Conferences Germany International Affairs Meetings Peace

Call to Women's International Congress for Peace, ca. 1922

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom issues a call for a meeting to discuss revising World War I treaties to ensure a lasting peace.

Conferences League of Nations Peace World War I

Emily Greene Balch to Alice Hamilton, November 2, 1920

Balch tells Hamilton about efforts to secure the Nobel Prize for Addams as a means to raise awareness of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's work.

Peace Requests Tributes

Emily Greene Balch to Alice Locke Park, September 28, 1920

Balch tells Park that she thinks that requiring a peace a pledge of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom members might not be a good strategy.

Conferences Pacifism Peace

Emily Greene Balch to Helena Lucy Maria Sickert Swanwick, March 31, 1920

Balch writes Swanwick regarding the breakdown of plans for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Summer School.

Education England Internationalism Onsite Peace Requests

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, April 12, 1921

Balch tells Addams about her meetings in Czechoslovakia and plans for the upcoming Women's International League for Peace and Freedom conference.

Czechoslovakia Help!Meetings Peace

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, April 3, 1921

Balch writes to Addams about delegates of the league.

Help!Memberships

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, April 30, 1920 Also known as Emily Greene Balch to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Executive Committee, April 30, 1920

Balch sends Addams an outline of the topics to be discussed at the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Executive Committee meeting in June.

Meetings Peace

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, August 10, 1920

Balch tells Addams of Yella Hertzka's upcoming trip to the United States.

Peace Prisoners of War Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, December 22, 1920

Balch tells Addams that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is trying to get her article published in Europe.

League of Nations Peace

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, December 25, 1919

Balch tells Addams about the American peace movement, office work at the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and questions about where the organization should become involved.

Holidays Peace Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 15, 1920

Balch asks Addams her opinion of Yella Hertzka's planned trip to the United States and holding a Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Executive Committee meeting.

Meetings Peace Prisoners of War Requests

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 21, 1921

Balch tells Addams how they are seeking to mitigate complaints in Austria about holding the Congress in a place where people are starving.

Conferences Food Shortages Peace

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, January 17, 1922

Balch tells Addams about her health and return to Europe and discusses the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's finances.

Finances Health Onsite Peace Travels

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, January 8, 1921

Balch updates Addams on a variety of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom plans and seeks her opinion.

Anti-Semitism Conferences Education Family Health Internationalism Peace Travels Woman Suffrage

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, June 17, 1925

Balch asks Addams about her plans to remain president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and her ideas about the next Congress.

Peace Travels

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, March 1922 Also known as Emily Greene Balch to Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's Executive Committee, Consultative Members, and Secretaries of National Sections, March 1922

Balch writes to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Executive Committee postponing the meeting and requesting feedback on several issues.

Education Finances Internationalism League of Nations Meetings Peace