Addams presides over the second annual meeting of the Woman's Peace Party

Description

The party meets to discuss a wide variety of subjects including actions neutral nations can take to shorten the war, military training, and foreign investments. The business sessions discuss the creation of a joint committee to study relations between the US and Asia as well as possibly convening a third peace conference at The Hague. At the conference, the party adamantly opposes military training. One of the key goals of the conference is to discuss the rights reserved for oppressed and dependent nations. In her address to the conference, Addams objects to the fact that those who stand for peace are perceived by their fellow countrymen as unpatriotic.

Date

1916-12-08

Source

“Many Reformers are Urged by Woman’s Peace Party. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1922): 9 Dec. 1916: 3. Tribune Publishing Company. ProQuest. Web. 12 June 2017.

“Military Training Opposed by Woman’s Peace Party.” Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1922): 10 Dec. 1916: 9. Tribune Publishing Company. ProQuest. Web. 15 June 2017.

“Women to Discuss Peace.” The New York Times: 27 Nov. 1916, vol. LXVI no. 21,492: 3. The New York Times Company. NYTimes Search. Web. 8 June 2017.

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