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Letter Sent to President Johnson
Title
Letter
Sent
to
President
Johnson
Creator
Seattle
Women
Act
for
Peace
Publisher/Affiliation
Seattle Women Act for Peace
Place of Publication
United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date
1966
Notes
Alternative
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 Purpose
Mobilization
Issue Area
Vietnam 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 Coverage
United
States--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Digital Collection
Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
Digital ID Number
VTN067
Repository
University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository Collection
DS559.62
W3
Vietnam
War
Era
Ephemera
Collection
,
Box
4/16
Object Type
Flier
Physical Description
35
x
21.5
cm
Digital Reproduction Information
Scanned 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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