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The South West Tribunal - Bristol Radical History Group
The South West Tribunal - Bristol Radical History Group
Foreword During the Second World War, over 60,000 men and 1,000 women applied to register as conscientious objectors (COs) in England, Wales and Scotland. Although this was at least three times as many as in the First World War; it has remained something of an under reported history. The experience of First World War and […]
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The South West Tribunal - Bristol Radical History Group
The conscience of the nation: the work of three Quaker MPs during World War I
The conscience of the nation: the work of three Quaker MPs during World War I
The Military Service Act came into force on 2 March 1916, and Quakers nationally are marking the centenary. Our new online exhibition Matter of conscience: Quakers and conscription gives an overvie…
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The conscience of the nation: the work of three Quaker MPs during World War I
“The Women were marvellous”: To what extent were the contributions of radical women activists significant in the No-Conscription Fellowship’s ability to maintain a stance of opposition to the First World War?
“The Women were marvellous”: To what extent were the contributions of radical women activists significant in the No-Conscription Fellowship’s ability to maintain a stance of opposition to the First World War?
Doctoral Thesis. This study concerns the war resistance activities of groups of women who worked for the No-Conscription Fellowship (NCF or Fellowship), a pacifist organisation that operated on mainland Britain during the First World War. It examines how women’s contributions to war resistance, enabled this organisation to sustain its position of opposition to the war, and the government’s policy of conscription.
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“The Women were marvellous”: To what extent were the contributions of radical women activists significant in the No-Conscription Fellowship’s ability to maintain a stance of opposition to the First World War?
Peace Collection
Peace Collection
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection documents non-governmental efforts for nonviolent social change, disarmament, and conflict resolution. Established over 90 years ago, the Peace Collection is the most extensive research library and archive collection in the United States focusing solely on movements for peace around the world.
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Peace Collection
Home · Conscientious Objection & the Great War: 1914-1920
Home · Conscientious Objection & the Great War: 1914-1920
This website seeks to showcase hundreds of digitized archival items from the Swarthmore College Peace Collection (and, in time, other institutions), presenting a wide range of Conscientious Objector (C.O.) thought from the time period of 1914-1920, giving us both non-religious and religious viewpoints and experiences from America and Great Britain.
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