2010.54.1133

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Women Strike for Peace
1963
34.5 in HIGH x 23 in WIDE
(87.63 cm HIGH x 58.42 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.1133

Lower right corner has signature in pencil: "Earl Newman 63".





Poster has a drawing of a large female figure holding in her arms a young girl in white, a young boy, and an infant. Below the poster has the text: "W.S.P. / Women Strike For Peace". The women's peace movement coalesced in the Bay Area around the founding of the San Francisco Women for Peace (WfP) by women from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in 1961. The national "parent" organization of WfP, known as Women Strike for Peace (WSP), was established at the same time. The San Francisco branches of WfP and WILPF maintained a joint office (the Women's Peace Office) since 1962. The two group's membership and activities often overlapped, and the organizations often joined forces on numerous yearly and extended campaigns. [LMC]
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