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Peace Ship was the common name for the ocean liner Oscar II, on which American industrialist Henry Ford organized and launched his 1915 amateur peace mission to Europe; Ford chartered the Oscar II and
Oscar II Peace Ship leaving New York Dec. 4, 1915
Rosika Schwimmer
Oscar II Peace Ship with Capt. G. W. Hempel and Henry Ford
The Tug of Peace by Leonard Raven-Hill, Punch 15 Dec. 1915
Rosika Schwimmer
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Rosika Schwimmer was a Hungarian-born pacifist, feminist, world federalist and women's suffragist. A co-founder of the Campaign for World Government with Lola Maverick Lloyd, her radical vision of wor
Peace Ship
…initiative that would assist in mediating and ending World War I. He principally offered one million and later increased it to ten million dollars. Rosika Schwimmer, Hungarian activist, heard the news through a colleague, Louis P. Lochner, fellow feminist, pacifist, and acting secretary of the International Federation…
Schwimmer, by fellow Hungarian suffragist, Olga Máté, circa 1914
Rosika Schwimmer, 1890s
International Congress of Women in 1915. left to right:1. Lucy Thoumaian - Armenia, 2. Leopoldine Kulka, 3. Laura Hughes - Canada, 4. Rosika Schwimmer - Hungary, 5. Anika Augspurg - Germany, 6. Jane Addams - USA, 7. Eugenie Hanner, 8. Aletta Jacobs - Netherlands, 9. Chrystal Macmillan - UK, 10. Rosa Genoni - Italy, 11. Anna Kleman - Sweden, 12. Thora Daugaard - Denmark, 13. Louise Keilhau - Norway
Schwimmer, Ford and Louis P. Lochner aboard the Peace Ship Oskar II