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| Abbreviation | WSP |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1961 |
| Founder | Bella Abzug, Dagmar Wilson |
| Type | Anti-nuclear Anti-war |
| Affiliations | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Women's Peace Society Women's Peace Union National Committee of the Causes and Cure of War Canadian Voice of Women for Peace |
Women Strike for Peace (WSP, also known as Women for Peace) was a women's peace activist group in the United States. Nearing the height of the Cold War in 1961, about 50,000 women marched in 60 cities around the United States to demonstrate against the testing of nuclear weapons. It was the largest national women's peace protest during the 20th century.[1] Another group action was led by Dagmar Wilson, with about 1,500 women gathering at the foot of the Washington Monument while President John F. Kennedy watched from the White House. The protest helped push the United States and the Soviet Union into signing a nuclear test-ban treaty two years later.[1][2] Reflecting the era in which the group's leaders had been raised, between the First-wave feminism and the Second-wave feminism movements, their actions and pleas leaned towards female self-sacrifice rather than towards their own self-interests.[3] However, they pushed the power of a concerned mother to the forefront of American politics, transforming the mother from a "passive victim of war to active fighter for peace".[3]
- ^ a b "Dagmar Wilson dies at 94; organizer of women's disarmament protesters". Los Angeles Times. 2011-01-30. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis (2011). "Dagmar Wilson, 94, Anti-Nuclear Leader, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- ^ a b Bond, Kruegler, Powers, Vogele (1997). Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage. Routledge. ISBN 978-0815309130.
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