- Entry type: Organisation
- Entry ID: AWE0937
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – Western Australian Branch
- Former name Women's Peace Group
- Occupation Peace organisation
Summary
The Women’s Peace Group was formed in 1928, when a number of Western Australian women’s organizations, including Women’s Services Guild, YWCA, Labor Women, WCTU and others, got together to organize an Armistice Day celebration. Active for around five years, a decline in enthusiasm in the early 1930s was signalled by the failure of a conference on disarmament. In 1933 the group was reformed as a branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom by Lucy Creeth. The branch went into recess in 1947 but was re-established in 1952 by Nancy Wilkinson.
Archival resources
- State Library of Victoria
- National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- State Library of Western Australia
Published resources
- Journal
- Report
- Newsletter
- Resource