by Anne Marie Pois, Boulder Branch

Celebrating WILPF’s 100th anniversary, the Boulder (CO) Branch planned and co-hosted with the University of Colorado Friends of the Library, a speaker event in late September that featured long-time WILPF member Robin Lloyd. 

Robin gave a presentation titled “Talking with My Grandmother: World War I and the Women’s Peace Movement,” a truly inspiring talk that drew over 50 people. The following day she gave it again at a retirement community for another 40 people.

Boulder WILPF began the Centennial celebration earlier this year by creating a photo exhibit of WILPF’s origins and early history with support from the University library staff.  The Archives, located in the library, houses the extensive collection of the International WILPF papers which were an inspiration for the Boulder Branch’s work on the centenary.  This exhibit is on display in the library for a year.  A video of Robin Lloyd’s talk will be available on the library’s website soon.
 

PHOTO: Pictured, from left, Kathleen Saunders, Robin Lloyd, bust of Lola Maverick Lloyd, Anne Marie Pois, Claudia Naeseth, and Leslie Lomas