What Kind of World Do We Want? American Women

Even before the United States officially entered World War II, American women began to map out a far-reaching agenda for the postwar world. This new book by Judy Barrett Litoff and David C. Smith is a collection of primary documents that demonstrate the active part women played in the construction of 'peace . . . to emerge from this war.' What Kind of World Do We Want? American Women Plan for Peace is an essential resource for courses focusing on women's history, American history, and the World War II era.

Introduction---``The Horrors of War and the Errors of Peace'': U.S. Women and Postwar Planning

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I A Prescient Call

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Over European Horizons

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Vera Micheles Dean

II The Formation of the Committee on the Participation of Women in Post War Planning (CPWPWP)

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Report of Meeting Held on Invitation of Miss Mary E. Woolley

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CPWPWP Pamphlet, ``Why Another Committee?''

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CPWPWP Minutes

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Letter, Mary McLeod Bethune to Emily Hickman

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Letter, Emily Hickman to Mary McLeod Bethune

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III The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and Postwar Planning

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Report of the Postwar Planning Committee of the National Council of Negro Women

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1944 NCNW Annual Workshop

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Human Relations in Transition to Peace

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Mary Church Terrell

IV Women Demand a Place at the Peace Table

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Mrs. Norton Urges Mothers Aid Peace

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Women Told to Ask Peace Table Seats

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Women for Peace Conference

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The Postwar Role of American Women

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Mary Anderson

D-Day and H-Hour for Women

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Minnie L. Maffett

Peace Conference Address

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Clare Boothe Luce

V What Kind of World Do Women Want?

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New York Times Symposium: ``What Kind of World Do We Want?''

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VI White House Conference: ``How Women May Share in Post-War Policy Making,''

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Women at the Peace Conference

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Eleanor Roosevelt

White House Conference Program

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White House Conference Report

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White House Conference Addresses

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White House Conference Summary Statement

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Telegram, Charl Ormond Williams to Carrie Chapman Catt

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Letter, Emily Hickman to CPWPWP Fellow Member

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VII White House Conference: Press Coverage

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Women Ask Place in Peace Councils

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Postwar Role Demanded at White House Parley

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A Preferred List of Women

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White House Conclave Seeks to Put Women at Peace Table

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Conference on Women's Share in Post-War Planning

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VIII Regional ``White House'' Conferences

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Texas ``White House'' Conference Report

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Texas ``White House'' Summary Statement

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Memorandum, American Association of University Women

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South Carolina Holds Its ``White House'' Conference

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Memorandum, Altrusa Club of Chicago

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Radio Interview, Charl Ormond Williams, National Farm and Home Hour

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Women Urged to Aid in Postwar Planning

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IX The Roster of Qualified Women

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Letter, Charl Ormond Williams to Continuation Committee

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Letter, Charl Ormond Williams to the Honorable Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.

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Press Release, Department of State

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Letter, Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew to Charl Ormond Williams

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260 Women Designated to Aid in Shaping Post-War Policies

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X Dumbarton Oaks: No Women Need Apply

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Women Absent at Four-Power Peace Sessions

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Fifty-six U.S. Women Nominated for Peace Parleys

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Twenty-four Women Leaders Introduced as Qualified for Peace Talks

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Letter, Emily Hickman to Fellow CPWPWP Member

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XI Undaunted Perseverance: Women Mobilize for Dumbarton Oaks Proposals

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Panel Discussion on Dumbarton Oaks Proposals: Women's Division, Democratic National Committee

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Women Seek Ideas on Peace

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Women Rally for Peace

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Letter, Mary McLeod Bethune to Congressman William L. Dawson

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NCNW Memo, World Security Month

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XII Women at San Francisco: The United Nations Conference

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Portrait of a Dean and Delegate

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Edith Efron

Women Must Help Stop Wars

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Virginia C. Gildersleeve

Letter, Jeanetta Welch Brown to William L. Clayton

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Letter, Jeanetta Welch Brown to Archibald MacLeish

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Telegram, Jeanetta Welch Brown to Edward Stettinius, Jr.

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Letter, William L. Clayton to Mary McLeod Bethune

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Letter, Mary McLeod Bethune to Dear Friends

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Our Stake in Tomorrow's World

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Mary McLeod Bethune

XIII A Nearly Forgotten Legacy

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Letter, Emily Hickman to Fellow Members of the CPWPWP

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Letter, Mary McLeod bethune to Nannie Helen Burroughs

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Letter, Emily Hickman to CPWPWP Fellow Member

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Letter, Emily Hickman to CPWPWP Fellow Member

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Report of the Committee on Women in World Affairs, 1945--46

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1958 Tribute to Emily Hickman

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Lucy Somerville Howorth

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What Kind of World Do We Want? American Women Plan for Peace

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