{"id":91,"date":"2010-04-16T08:25:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T14:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/?p=91"},"modified":"2010-04-16T08:25:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T14:25:48","slug":"%e2%80%98peace-by-any-plan%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/2010\/04\/16\/%e2%80%98peace-by-any-plan%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Peace by Any Plan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Christine Mastalio<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_95\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2010\/04\/IFWC21.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2010\/04\/IFWC21.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2010\/04\/IFWC21.gif 600w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2010\/04\/IFWC21-300x208.gif 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2010\/04\/IFWC21-432x300.gif 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1923 scrapbook, Iowa Federation of Women&#039;s Clubs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This just in\u2026.<br \/>\nWe have just processed a large addition to the Iowa Federation of Women\u2019s Club (IFWC) records. The IFWC was founded in 1893 to help women\u2019s clubs from across the state to communicate and collaborate. The Iowa chapter was the first state federation to join the national one\u2014the General Federation of Women\u2019s Clubs (GWFC). By the 1980s, the GFWC was considered the largest and oldest non-denominational women\u2019s organization in the world.<br \/>\nWomen in the organization campaigned for literacy, conservation and civic responsibility, but there was also a serious peace movement in the IFWC following World War I.<br \/>\nA county and city federation scrapbook compiled by Blanche Wingate in 1923-1924 (Box 20) reveals how club women actively campaigned for peace in the interwar years.<\/p>\n<p>Selected headlines from the scrapbook read: <em>Peace by Any Plan<\/em>, <em>Demand Clubwomen<\/em>;<em> Women Told it Is Their Duty to End Strife<\/em>;<em> Mrs. Armstrong Urges Women to Advocate Peace<\/em>; <em>Next War Means Civilization\u2019s End\u2026<br \/>\n<\/em>Other clippings in this particular scrapbook highlight a Daughters of the America Revolution event, a fashion show and meetings of the executive officers of the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Christine Mastalio This just in\u2026. We have just processed a large addition to the Iowa Federation of Women\u2019s Club (IFWC) records. The IFWC was founded in 1893 to help women\u2019s clubs from across the state to communicate and collaborate. The Iowa chapter was the first state federation to join the national one\u2014the General Federation<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/2010\/04\/16\/%e2%80%98peace-by-any-plan%e2%80%99\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;\u2018Peace by Any Plan\u2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}