How Did Women Peace Activists Respond to “Red Scare” Attacks during the 1920s?
Abstract This project examines how the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) responded to anti-socialist intimidation during the 1920s. This second “red scare” targeted the women’s peace movement during a period of armaments buildup following World War I. WILPF, although powerless to halt the persistent attacks, contested them with dignity and restraint.
These Web pages examine how during the 1920’s the “second Red Scare was generally more specific in its victimization, targeting mainly the women’s peace movement”, and how “the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) responded to anti-socialist intimidation during the 1920s.” A series of documents have been collated and made accessible via this Web project.
