The Women's Peace Union and the outlawry of war, 1921-1942
By: Harriet Hyman Alonso.
Edition: 1st Syracuse University Press ed.
Series: Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Women's Peace Union -- History.; Women and peace -- United States -- History.; Women pacifists -- United States -- History.
Description: The Women's Peace Union (WPU) grew out of the women's suffrage movement of the early twentieth century. In an important contribution, Harriet Hyman Alonso investigates the personalities and the philosophical disagreements of the WPU leading members on their political tactics and fierce commitment to pacifism and feminism, and on their eventual burnout.

Drawing on a wealth of primary materials, Alonso traces the lineage of today's women's peace movement from Garrisonian abolitionism through the suffrage movement groups such as the WPU to contemporary efforts of the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-215) and index.
Originally published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1989.