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Left of poster depicts a woman with her arm around a little girl while holding an infant. Top of poster has: "We / are angry / Women / A Message to the Leaders of Nuclear Nations / We Do Not Want Our Children To Be The / Last Generation" printed in white and red. Right side of poster has: "We Are Angered by the continuing build-up / of arsenals which threaten the world with nuclear / extinction by plan or accident. / We Are Angered at the spectacle of men who / claim they are for peace while they build for war- / who confuse their political fortunes with the / fortunes of humanity. / We Are Outraged that nations soend hun- / dreds of billions of dollars for weapons while children / starve by the millions. / We Condemn the use of military force by one / government against another for such acts can ignite / into nuclear war. / We Speak As American Women who / believe that no governemnet should hold the power / to condemn all humanity to death. / We Are Frightened by the seeming accep- / tance of the use of nuclear weapons by those who / assure us that nuclear war can be "limited". / In The Name Of Humanity we call / upon the President of the United States to support / Proposition #1, which urges that the President / step back from confrontation and call an / Emergency Session of the Nuclear Nations to / plan the reversal of the arms race by the diman- / tling of nuclear weapons. / In The Name Of Humanity we call upon / all Americans to support Proposition #1 by writing / the President demanding that he call an / emergency session." printed in yellow and white. Bottom of poster has: "There Is No Time To Lose!" printed in red. This is followed by more information about Women for Peace locations.