What Kind of World Do We Want?

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1 What Kind of World Do We Want? American Women Plan for Peace Edited by P D Y BARRETT LITOFF and DAVID C. SMITH WORLDS OF WOMEN Number 6 SR BOOKS A Scholarly Resources Inc. Imprint Wilmington, Delaware

2 Introduction "The Horrors of War and the Errors of Peace": U.S. Women and Postwar Planning, 1 I A Prescient Call, 37 1 Over European Horizons, 37 VERA MICHELES DEAN II The Formation of the Committee on the Participation of Women in Post War Planning (CPWPWP), 45 2 Report of Meeting Held on Invitation of Miss Mary E. Woolley, 46 3 CPWPWP Pamphlet, "Why Another Committee?" 47 4 CPWPWP Minutes, 49 5 Letter, Mary McLeod Bethune to Emily Hickman, 53 6 Letter, Emily Hickman to Mary McLeod Bethune, 54 III The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and Postwar Planning, 55 7 Report of the Postwar Planning Committee of the National Council of Negro Women, NCNW Annual Workshop, 58 _. 9 Human Relations in Transition to Peace, 60 MARY CHURCH TERRELL IV Women Demand a Place at the Peace Table, Mrs. Norton Urges Mothers Aid Peace, Women Told to Ask Peace Table Seats, Women for Peace Conference, The Postwar Role of American Women, 67 MARY ANDERSON 14 D-Day and H-Hour for Women, 74 MINNIE L. MAFFETT 15 Peace Conference Address, 78 CLARE BOOTHE LUCE fix]

3 [x] V What Kind of World Do Women Want? New York Times Symposium: "What Kind of World Do We Want?" 84 VI White House Conference: "How Women May Share in Post-War Policy Making," Women at the Peace Conference, 102 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 18 White House Conference Program, White House Conference Report, White House Conference Addresses, White House Conference Summary Statement, Telegram, Charl Ormond Williams to Carrie Chapman Catt, Letter, Emily Hickman to CPWPWP Fellow Member, 133 VII White House Conference: Press Coverage, Women Ask Place in Peace Councils, Postwar Role Demanded at White House Parley, A Preferred List of Women, White House Conclave Seeks to Put Women at Peace Table, Conference on Women's Share in Post-War Planning, 149 VIII Regional "White House" Conferences, Texas "White House" Conference Report, Texas "White House" Summary Statement, Memorandum, American Association of University Women, " 3 2 South Carolina Holds Its "White House" Conference, Memorandum, Altrusa Club of Chicago, Radio Interview, Charl Ormond Williams, National Farm and Home Hour, Women Urged to Aid in Postwar Planning, 161 IX The Roster of Qualified Women, Letter, Charl Ormond Williams to Continuation Committee, Letter, Charl Ormond Williams to the Honorable Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Press Release, Department of State, 171

4 39 Letter, Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew to Charl Ormond Williams, Women Designated to Aid in Shaping _.. Post-War Policies, 173 [xi] X Dumbarton Oaks: No Women Need Apply, Women Absent-at Four-Power Peace Sessions, Fifty-six U.S. Women Nominated for Peace Parleys, Twenty-four Women Leaders Introduced as Qualified for Peace Talks, Letter, Emily Hickman to Fellow CPWPWP Member, 180 XI Undaunted Perseverance: Women Mobilize for Dumbarton Oaks Proposals, Panel Discussion on Dumbarton Oaks Proposals: Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, Women Seek Ideas on Peace, Women Rally for Peace, Letter, Mary McLeod Bethune to Congressman William L. Dawson, NCNW Memo, World Security Month, 202 XII Women at San Francisco: The United Nations Conference, Portrait of a Dean and Delegate, 206 EDITH EFRON 51 Women Must Help Stop Wars, 211 VIRGINIA C. GILDERSLEEVE 52 Letter, Jeanetta Welch Brown to William L. Clayton, Letter, Jeanetta Welch Brown to Archibald MacLeish, Telegram, Jeanetta Welch Brown to Edward Stettinius, Jr., Letter, William L. Clayton to Mary McLeod Bethune, Letter, Mary McLeod Bethune to Dear Friends, Our Stake in Tomorrow's World, 220 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE XIII A Nearly Forgotten Legacy, Letter, Emily Hickman to Fellow Members of the CPWPWP, Letter, Mary. McLeod Bethune to Nannie Helen Burroughs, 228

5 [xii] 60 Letter, Emily Hickman to CPWPWP Fellow Member, Letter, Emily Hickman to CPWPWP Fellow Member, Report of the Committee on Women in World Affairs, _ , ^ 1958'Tribute to Emily Hickman, 236 LUCY SOMERVILLE HOWORTH Suggested Readings, 239