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Latest revision as of 17:19, 21 February 2024
Mothers' Movement also known as the Mothers' Crusade began with the February 5, 1941 Mothersโ March on Washington, a collation of anti-war women who wanted the United States to stay out of World War II.
History
One leading and driving force of the movement was Elizabeth Dilling, an anti-communist and anti-Semitic researcher and author who once was indicted for sedition. After the march several of these women went back home a started their own national or regional Mothers organization. By one estimate five to six million women may have been involved with the Mothers' Movement.[1] As the war continued the Mothers' Movement sought a negotiated peace with the Axis Powers. Womenโs Voice was a popular paper among the movement.
Leaders
- Mary L. Arbogast - Cincinnati Mothers of Sons Forum
- Lulu Avery - Mothers of Minneapolis
- Marie Ballum
- Lucinda Benge - Mothers of Sons Forum
- Catherine V. Brown (Mrs. John Brown) - Crusading Mothers of Pennsylvania and later National Blue Star Mothers
- Bessie Burchett - Mothers and Daughters of Philadelphia
- Hannah M. Conners - National League of Mothers, Milton, Massachusetts (New England chapter)
- Adelle Cox - Los Angeles leader of We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America
- Cathrine Curtis - Women's National Committee to Keep the U.S. Out of War
- Mary A. Decker - Mothers of the U.S.A.
- Rosa Farber - Mothers of the U.S.A.
- Mynnie Fischer - Mothers Mobilizing Against War (Milwaukee)
- Ethel Groen - Mothers of Sons Forum (North College Hill, Ohio)
- Mary Kenney - Women of America (Lincoln Neb.)
- Beatrice Knowles (Mrs. Murray Knowles) - American Mothers of Detroit (photo of Mrs. Knowles)
- Josephine Mahler - Mothers of Sons Forum
- Kathleen Norris - National Legion of Mothers of America
- Lillian Parks
- Edith Scott - National Legion of Mothers and Women of America (Philadelphia)
- Frances Sherrill - National Legion of Mothers of America (Los Angeles)
- Frieda Stanley (Mrs. David K. Stanley) - United Mothers of Cleveland and later United Mothers of America (photo of Mrs. Stanley)
- Katherine M. Sutter - Loyal American Mothers
- Lyrl Clark Van Hyning - national leader We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America
- Agnes Waters - National Blue Star Mothers
- Blanche Winters
See also
- Mothers and Daughters United
- National League of Mothers
- Americanism Defense League
- Women United
- Lineage of American fascist organizations and individuals
External link
References
- โ American Women during World War II: An Encyclopedia, By Doris Weatherford, page 334