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
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, 56 8 1944 NCNW Annual Workshop, 58 _. 9 Human Relations in Transition to Peace, 60 MARY CHURCH TERRELL IV Women Demand a Place at the Peace Table, 63 10 Mrs. Norton Urges Mothers Aid Peace, 64 11 Women Told to Ask Peace Table Seats, 65 12 Women for Peace Conference, 66 13 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]
[x] V What Kind of World Do Women Want? 83 16 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," 101 17 Women at the Peace Conference, 102 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 18 White House Conference Program, 104 19 White House Conference Report, 105 20 White House Conference Addresses, 108 21 White House Conference Summary Statement, 131 22 Telegram, Charl Ormond Williams to Carrie Chapman Catt, 132 23 Letter, Emily Hickman to CPWPWP Fellow Member, 133 VII White House Conference: Press Coverage, 141 24 Women Ask Place in Peace Councils, 141 25 Postwar Role Demanded at White House Parley, 143 26 A Preferred List of Women, 145 27 White House Conclave Seeks to Put Women at Peace Table, 147 28 Conference on Women's Share in Post-War Planning, 149 VIII Regional "White House" Conferences, 151 29 Texas "White House" Conference Report, 151 30 Texas "White House" Summary Statement, 153 31 Memorandum, American Association of University Women, 154 --" 3 2 South Carolina Holds Its "White House" Conference, 155 33 Memorandum, Altrusa Club of Chicago, 157 34 Radio Interview, Charl Ormond Williams, National Farm and Home Hour, 158 35 Women Urged to Aid in Postwar Planning, 161 IX The Roster of Qualified Women, 165 36 Letter, Charl Ormond Williams to Continuation Committee, 166 37 Letter, Charl Ormond Williams to the Honorable Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., 169 38 Press Release, Department of State, 171
39 Letter, Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew to Charl Ormond Williams, 172 40 260 Women Designated to Aid in Shaping _.. Post-War Policies, 173 [xi] X Dumbarton Oaks: No Women Need Apply, 175 41 Women Absent-at Four-Power Peace Sessions, 175 42 Fifty-six U.S. Women Nominated for Peace Parleys, 177 43 Twenty-four Women Leaders Introduced as Qualified for Peace Talks, 178 44 Letter, Emily Hickman to Fellow CPWPWP Member, 180 XI Undaunted Perseverance: Women Mobilize for Dumbarton Oaks Proposals, 183 45 Panel Discussion on Dumbarton Oaks Proposals: Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, 184 46 Women Seek Ideas on Peace, 200 47 Women Rally for Peace, 201 48 Letter, Mary McLeod Bethune to Congressman William L. Dawson, 201 49 NCNW Memo, World Security Month, 202 XII Women at San Francisco: The United Nations Conference, 205 50 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, 213 53 Letter, Jeanetta Welch Brown to Archibald MacLeish, 214 54 Telegram, Jeanetta Welch Brown to Edward Stettinius, Jr., 215 55 Letter, William L. Clayton to Mary McLeod Bethune, 215 56 Letter, Mary McLeod Bethune to Dear Friends, 216 57 Our Stake in Tomorrow's World, 220 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE XIII A Nearly Forgotten Legacy, 223 58 Letter, Emily Hickman to Fellow Members of the CPWPWP, 224 59 Letter, Mary. McLeod Bethune to Nannie Helen Burroughs, 228
[xii] 60 Letter, Emily Hickman to CPWPWP Fellow Member, 229 61 Letter, Emily Hickman to CPWPWP Fellow Member, 230 62 Report of the Committee on Women in World Affairs, _ 1945-46, 231 63^ 1958'Tribute to Emily Hickman, 236 LUCY SOMERVILLE HOWORTH Suggested Readings, 239