Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers, 1932-1969
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers
Creation of Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers
Time of Creation of Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers
Beggs, Vera W. (Vera Wadsworth), d. 1968.
Biographical History for: Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers
Biographical Note Portrait of Vera W. Beggs, undated Pacifist, suffragist, civic leader, and international relations specialist, Vera Beggs worked closely with Carrie Chapman Catt from 1933 to 1938 as chairman of the Marathon Round Tables, a study and discussion project concerned with U. S. foreign policy carried on through the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War (NCCCW). Beggs chaired the NCCCW in the early 1940s and continued to be involved with its successor, the Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace. She served as chairman of the Department of International Relations for the General Federation of Women's Clubs and in this capacity organized and conducted a Good Neighbor Tour of South America in 1940. Vera Wadsworth Beggs' date of birth is unknown; she died in 1968.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers consist of correspondence, clippings, and organization files. The collection contains extensive correspondence of Carrie Chapman Catt describing women's rights work and activities for peace. The papers also contain materials relating to the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War, the Foreign Policy Association, the New York Herald Tribune's Inter-American Conferences, and the Woman's Action Committee for Lasting Peace.
International relations specialists--United States--Biography--Sources
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Women and peace--History--20th century--Sources
Women--Suffrage--United States-History--Sources
Women's rights--International cooperation--History--20th century--Sources
Peace movements--History--20th century--Sources
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Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
General Federation of Women's Clubs
International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship
National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War (U.S.)--History
Contents
Photographs, n.d.
Carrie Chapman Catt: correspondence and printed material, 1933-54
Correspondence and clippings, 1935-68
Script of pageant, "The Nations Speak," by the International Relations Department of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs, 1932
Correspondence, 1950-53
Articles, notes, and printed material, 1940-65
Alaska Daily Press, Juneau Woman's Club Edition , 1939
International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship: papers from congress in Istanbul, 1935
National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War
Proceedings for annual fall meeting, 1942
Minutes of the Administrative Committee, 1941-43
Marathon Round Table Discussion Program: printed material, 1937-39
Conference materials and other papers, 1934-42
Miscellaneous printed material, 1934-50
Foreign Policy Association: Headline books, 1936-39
New York Herald Tribune , Inter-American Conferences: agendas, speeches, and miscellaneous papers, 1940
Woman's Action Committee for Lasting Peace: mailings, 1949