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1933
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1949
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{"value"=>"VII.D. World Center for Women's Archives"}
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{"value"=>"<p>In 1935, Rosika Schwimmer and historian Mary Ritter Beard began planning a center for the study of women's contribution to the peace movement. Thus was born the World Center for Women's Archives. The mission was soon expanded to encompass an archive of women's papers documenting all elements of women's history. In 1937, the WCWA began to accept contributions and pledges of documents from notable women and women's organizations.</p> <p>While Schwimmer considered contributing her own papers to the WCWA, her involvement also included recruiting financial sponsors and donors of archival material from her circle of feminist and pacifist colleagues.</p> <p>The WCWA lasted for only four years, as internal disagreements and funding issues led to its 1940 closure and dispersal of its collections to other institutions.</p> <p>Materials include correspondence and notes related to the planning, collection, scope, and services of the Center; lists of supporters; incomplete meeting minutes; and printed matter. Prominent correspondents include Mary Ritter Beard and Hannah Clothier Hull.</p> <p>In English.</p>"}
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1933
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1949
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1933