Addams attends the annual conference of the Women's Peace Party
Description
Constructive peace built for the purpose of embracing the world is the ultimate goal of the Women's Peace Party. By January 1916, some 20,000 people have joined the party. The annual conference attracts a crowd of 2,500 and raises $10,000. A program is adopted with seven resolutions proposing the creation of a joint congressional committee to investigate United States military defenses and another peace conference at The Hague. The program urges for economic pressure to substitute for militarism. Military preparedness and the private manufacture of munitions are denounced. Addams is re-elected as party chairman.
Date
1916-01-01
Source
“National Woman’s Peace Party.” The Survey XXXV.17 (1916): 492. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Web. 1 June 2017.