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'Dreams of world peace are as old as wars. But as the women of Wales were
recovering from World War I, they demanded peace in droves.
Still grieving the husbands, sons, and loved ones who fought in the war, in
1923 the Welsh League of Nations United (WLNU) drafted a petition at
Aberystwyth University calling for a warless world.
The petition was signed by roughly three quarters of all the women in Wales and
was said to be seven miles long. The document was then packed in a large oak
chest and sent across the Atlantic.
It was the WLNU's hope that America would join in their mission for peace, and
so they toured with the petition across the country before President Calvin
Coolidge gave it to the Smithsonian for preservation.
As the centennial anniversary of World War I approached, a plaque was found in
the archives at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff mentioning the petition, but
nobody knew what it was, says Mererid Hopwood, chair of the Women's Peace
Petition Partnership.
"We hadn't been taught this in school or anything," she said.'
Via Birne Helene and Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
