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Letter Sent to President Johnson
Letter Sent to President Johnson
TitleLetter Sent to President Johnson
CreatorSeattle Women Act for Peace
Publisher/AffiliationSeattle Women Act for Peace
Place of PublicationUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date1966
NotesAlternative title: The Following is a Copy of a Letter Sent to President Johnson

Calls for: "CUT HERE and send the above [letter] to your Senators or Congressmen. Add your own comments if you wish, but DO let your representatives know that you are joining other women in a Nationwide protest over the senseless loss of lives in War -- any war."

Background information: "Seattle Women Act for Peace (SWAP) is an affiliate group of Women Strike for Peace (WSP)... SWAP was formed shortly after WSP by a group of peace activists in Seattle, including Rosemary Brodie, Anci Koppel, and Thorun Robel. The slogan often used on SWAP stationery declared 'End the Arms Race - Not the Human Race.'" (Guide to the Seattle Women Act for Peace Records 1936-2000. UW Special Collections. http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/papersrecords/SWAP4073_1_4073_2.xml )
Intended PurposeMobilization
Issue AreaVietnam protests - general
Human rights - general
Feminism/Women's issues
Freedom of speech

Subjects (LCTGM)Human rights--Washington (State)--Seattle
Feminism--Washington (State)
Public opinion--Washington State--Seattle
Freedom of speech--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Seattle Women Act for Peace
Geographic CoverageUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionVietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
Digital ID NumberVTN067
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionDS559.62 W3 Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection, Box 4/16
Object TypeFlier
Physical Description35 x 21.5 cm
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from original text at 400 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2004.
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