Women at the Hague by Jane Addams

Women at the Hague by Jane Addams

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In the midst of World War I, from April 28 to May 1, 1915, more than a thousand women from Europe and North America gathered in The Hague to discuss proposals for a peaceful end to the war. This book contains the journalistic accounts of the Congress' proceedings and results as well as the participants' personal reflections on peace and war.

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Women at the Hague by Jane Addams

In the midst of World War I, from April 28 to May 1, 1915, more than a thousand women from Europe and North America gathered in The Hague to discuss proposals for a peaceful end to the war. This book contains the journalistic accounts of the Congress' proceedings and results as well as the participants' personal reflections on peace and war.
Harriet Hyman Alonso is the author of five books, including the prize-winning biography Growing Up Abolitionist: The Story of the Garrison Children, and a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship. In 2017, the Peace History Society, an affiliate of the American Historical Association, awarded her its Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a professor emerita of history at the City College of New York. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Martha and the Slave Catchers is her first novel. Visit her website at http: //harrietalonso.com.

Elizabeth Zunon lives in Albany, New York, and creates art influenced by her tropical childhood in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. She illustrates with a mix of oil paint and collage in such picture books as The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, The Legendary Miss Lena Horne, and many others.

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ISBN 13 9780252071560
ISBN 10 0252071565
Title Women at the Hague
Author Jane Addams
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Year published 2003-09-17
Number of pages 136
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.