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- WILPF Branches Across US Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiWILPF AZ Tucson Branch: Two Tucson Events Commemorate Bombing of Hiroshima Gloria McMillan WILPF Tucson AZ Branch Full House Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing in Tucson Our Tucson WILPF branch, in collaboration with the Unitarian Church of Tucson, hosted an event on Sunday, … DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeUpdatesHistoryWars and Militarism
- Eighty Years Later: The World Remembers Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Vows NEVER AGAINThirteen WILPF Branches Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombings Thirteen branches of WILPF US held events to commemorate the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. One of these branches, the California Peninsula/Palo Alto branch, organized a public presentation titled "NEVER AGA… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeHistoryWars and Militarism
- Remembering WILPF Founder Emily Greene Balch: An Inspiration for Our TimesEmily Greene Balch came from a noted Boston family of seven. Her grandfather founded Beverly, Massachusetts, where a house continues in the Balch name and is managed by the Beverly Historical Society. Her father was a legislative official to William Sumner, the Massachusetts Senator who was almost … UpdatesHistoryPeace
- Reflecting on WILPF’s Feminist Roots: Honoring Emily Greene Balch and Jane AddamsGrounding Ourselves in Our Feminist Roots to Carry On for a Better World Virginia Pratt, WILPF Boston branch member WILPF Boston hosted a three-hour public event on March 29, 2025, in Jamaica Plain, MA, during which we dove into the herstory of WILPF's founding mothers, Emily Greene Balch and Jane… BranchesUpdatesHistory
