{"value"=>"<p>On December 4, 1937, Rosika Schwimmer was feted with a dinner and the bestowal of the World Peace Prize, an award designed to honor her after attempts at nominating her for the Nobel Peace Prize were unsuccessful. The award was created by Lola, Schwimmer's sister Franciska, and her personal secretary and friend Edith Wynner. Together the three women coordinated a fundraising and P.R. campaign culminating in the tribute. A short list of sponsors was recruited for the campaign, which included Lola as well as Carrie Chapman Catt, Albert Einstein, Selma Lagerlof, Eugenie Miskolczy Meller, and Romain Rolland. A larger list of sponsors--both political and financial--was later compiled, which included over 150 prominent names from approximately 20 different countries.</p> <p>The World Peace Prize materials included in this chronological subseries primarily consist of correspondence. In addition there are a biography of Schwimmer written for the occasion, a few drafts of campaign letters, and financial reports included as enclosures. There is both incoming and outgoing correspondence related to sponsor lists, controversy over the fundraising letter having mentioned Upton Sinclair's libel of Rosika Schwimmer, and the efforts to keep the campaign and prize secret from Schwimmer until the appropriate moment. The majority of the correspondence is between Lola and Elaine G. Sanders, a pseudonym of Edith Wynner's.</p>"}