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175:. As part of her work on the committee, known as the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War, she made several trips to Switzerland to establish a system of examining prisoners transferred from Germany. She was also sent to the Netherlands as a member of a British delegation that met with German representatives about the treatment of prisoners of war. 67: 232:
The IPC aimed to co-ordinate the work of existing pacifist organisations and other groups opposed to war, and campaigned in support of the League of Nations on a policy of respect for treaty obligations, arms reduction and the peaceful resolution of conflict. After the outbreak of war, the campaign
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was criticised for reportedly rushing to publish before the final votes had been tabulated. Correspondence regarding the above; including Trades Union Congress; subsequent National Peace Ballot, documents, reports, and memoranda are located in the
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The International Peace Campaign emerged in early 1936, following the Peace Ballot organised in Britain by Dame Adelaide. Its Joint Presidents were
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in 1934–35 to gauge the British public's sentiment in the winds of upcoming war with a rearming and aggressive Germany led by
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Stickney; 19 January 1881 – 14 September 1970) was an American-British human rights activist responsible for organising the
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had difficulty sustaining its activities and was wound up in early 1941.
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on 11 April 1935. She later became Vice President of the
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