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- 1915-1981 (Creation)
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33 boxes
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The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was formed in 1915, when a group of women met in an International Congress at The Hague to protest against World War One and to suggest ways of ending it and preventing future wars. The organisers of the Congress were prominent women in the International Suffrage Alliance who assembled more than a thousand women from both belligerent and neutral countries to work out the principles on which the war could be stopped and a permanent peace constructed. The Congress established an International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace, which four years later became the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. The organisation continues to function as an NGO, working for peace and disarmament, social and economic justice, and the full enjoyment of human rights. Its international headquarters are in Geneva and it has branches in around 50 countries.
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GB 0097 WILPF 1915-1981 Collection (fonds) 33 boxes Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, British Section
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was formed in 1915, when a group of women met in an International Congress at The Hague to protest against World War One and to suggest ways of ending it and preventing future wars. The organisers of the Congress were prominent women in the International Suffrage Alliance who assembled more than a thousand women from both belligerent and neutral countries to work out the principles on which the war could be stopped and a permanent peace constructed. The Congress established an International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace, which four years later became the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. The organisation continues to function as an NGO, working for peace and disarmament, social and economic justice, and the full enjoyment of human rights. Its international headquarters are in Geneva and it has branches in around 50 countries.
Executive Committee minutes; annual reports; circular letters and international circular letters; papers, notes and correspondence on subjects including women's suffrage, India, Germany, and the early history of WILPF; printed material, including press cutting books; and additional members' correspondence, notes and papers concerning refugees and immigrants, and lobbying of the United Nations.
This collection is arranged in 6 sections:
- Executive Committee Minutes, 1918-1954.
- Annual Reports, 1915-1919, 1933-1961.
- Circular Letters and International Circular Letters, 1939-1948.
- Papers, 1915-1962.
- Printed materials, 1908-1938.
- Additional material, 1928-c1980.
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Printed handlist and online catalogue available.
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Executive Committee minutes; annual reports; circular letters and international circular letters; papers, notes and correspondence on subjects including women's suffrage, India, Germany, and the early history of WILPF; printed material, including press cutting books; and additional members' correspondence, notes and papers concerning refugees and immigrants, and lobbying of the United Nations.
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This collection is arranged in 6 sections:
- Executive Committee Minutes, 1918-1954.
- Annual Reports, 1915-1919, 1933-1961.
- Circular Letters and International Circular Letters, 1939-1948.
- Papers, 1915-1962.
- Printed materials, 1908-1938.
- Additional material, 1928-c1980.
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OPEN
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COPYRIGHT IS HELD BY THE DONOR
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- English
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- Latin
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Printed handlist and online catalogue available.
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- English