Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

ORGANIZATION

Founded 1915, first President Jane Addams.

Listed "Sponsors" as of October 2006 include: Julia Alvarez, Elise Boulding, Vinie Burrows, Sandra Cisneros, John Conyers, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Frances Farenthold, Dolores Huerta, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Yolanda King, Barbara Lee, Elizabeth McAlister, Holly Near, Grace Paley, Suzanne Pharr, Betty Rearden, Sonia Sanchez, Alice Walker.

It is not clear exactly what role these enumerated "Sponsors" play.

Official Website:
http://www.wilpf.org/

Founding Date:
1915

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jane Addams Activist 6-Sep-1860 21-May-1935 Founder of Hull House

Sophonisba Breckinridge Activist 1-Apr-1866 30-Jul-1948 Suffragette and abolitionist

Olympia Brown Activist 5-Jan-1835 23-Oct-1926 Lady preacher and suffragette

John Conyers Politician 16-May-1929 Congressman, Michigan 14th

Frances Farenthold Educator 2-Oct-1926 President of Wells College, 1976-80

Eddie Bernice Johnson Politician 3-Dec-1935 Congresswoman, Texas 30th

Florence Kelley Activist 12-Sep-1859 17-Feb-1932 Founder of National Consumers League

Barbara Lee Politician 16-Jul-1946 Anti-war Congresswoman, California 9th

Grace Paley Author 11-Dec-1922 22-Aug-2007 The Little Disturbances of Man

Lillian Wald Activist 10-Mar-1867 1-Sep-1940 Henry Street Settlement

Alice Walker Author 9-Feb-1944 The Color Purple

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