Women for All Seasons: The Story of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Book

In the early days of world War I, 1,200 suffragists from 12 countries crosses enemy lines to meet in The Hague, Holland. In a meeting chaired by Jane Addams, they voted to form an unusual womens organization that would advocate fundamental changes in economic & social conditions. Their goal would be to end all War. Foster details the history of the Womens International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), offering a full account of the League from its feminist foundations through its recent campaigns on behalf of world peace & human rights. Interviews with 18 women—from Philadelphia Quaker Mildred Scott Olmsted to Angela Gethi, who formed a chapter in her native Kenya in 1985—provide a small glimpse of the diverse membership that has fought to create a world free from war & oppression.