Women against war

Women against war

Women Against War (WAW) is an organization of women opposed to war.

Women Against War works on projects aimed at educating and empowering women of the Capital District of New York State into anti-war, pro-women activism.

An earlier organization of the same name was founded by Mary Phelps Jacob during the 1960s. [ cite book | title=Dictionary of Literary Biography on (Mary) (Jacob) Caresse Crosby | accessdate =2006-11 |url = http://www.bookrags.com/biography/mary-jacob-caresse-crosby-dlb2/2.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.womenagainstwar.org/ WAW homepage]


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