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Title: Alice Park papers
Date (inclusive): 1883-1951
Collection Number: 30017
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
32 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 3 envelopes
(13.8 linear feet)
Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, leaflets, and peace buttons relating to pacifism and the peace movement, the
Ford Peace Ship Expedition, feminism, socialism, the labor movement, prison reform, child labor legislation, civil liberties,
and a variety of other reform movements in the United States.
Creator:
Park, Alice, 1861-1961.
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[Identification of item], Alice Park papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1930, with increments received at later dates.
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| 1861 February 2 | Born, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1879 | Graduated, Rhode Island State Normal School |
| 1884 | Married Dean W. Park |
| 1894 | Active in the international feminist movement |
| 1898 | Active in various peace societies |
| 1902-1920 | Active leader in the women's suffrage movement |
| 1905 | Attended Women's Suffrage Convention, Portland, Oregon |
| 1909 | Author, California Bird and Arbor Day Law |
| 1909 | Attended Women's Suffrage Convention, Seattle, Washington |
| 1913 | Author, California law for equal guardianship of parents of minor children |
| 1913 | Delegate, International Woman's Suffrage Alliance, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1913 | Delegate, International Peace Congress at The Hague, Netherlands |
| 1915 | Member, Ford Peace Expedition |
| 1917 | Attended National Suffrage Convention, Washington, D.C. |
| 1924 | Attended International Peace Conference, Washington, D.C. |
| 1926 | Delegate, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1926 | Attended International Woman's Suffrage Alliance, Paris, France |
| 1926 | Attended International Vegetarian Convention, London, England |
| 1927 | Attended International League for Peace and Freedom, Duisburg, Germany |
| 1927 | Attended National Peace Convention, York, England |
| 1928 | Attended Pan-American Congress, Havana, Cuba |
| 1961 | Died |
*: See Una R. Winter (ed.).
Alice Park of California: Worker for Woman Suffrage and for Children's Rights. Upland, California: Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee of California, 1948. Hoover Institution Library Call Number: HQ1413
P2W787
Scope and Content of Collection
Diaries, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, leaflets, and peace buttons relating to pacifism and the peace movement, the
Ford Peace Ship Expedition, feminism, socialism, the labor movement, prison reform, child labor legislation, civil liberties,
and a variety of other reform movements in the United States.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Henry Ford Peace Expedition.
Child labor--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Pacifism.
Peace.
Prisons--United States.
Socialism--United States.
Labor unions--United States.
Women's rights--United States.
World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
World War, 1914-1918--United States.
Neutrality--United States.