Peace on Our Terms
Peace on Our Terms In the watershed year of 1919, world leaders met in Paris, promising to build a new international order rooted in democracy and social justice. Excluded from the negotiating table,…
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Peace on Our Terms
In the watershed year of 1919, world leaders met in Paris, promising to build a new international order rooted in democracy and social justice. Excluded from the negotiating table, women met separately, crafted their own agendas, and captured global headlines with a message that was both straightforward and revolutionary: enduring peace depended as much on recognition of the fundamental humanity and equality of all people--regardless of sex, race, class, or creed--as on respect for the sovereignty of independent states.Peace on Our Terms follows dozens of remarkable women from Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Asia as they crossed oceans and continents; commanded meeting halls in Paris, Zurich, and Washington; and marched in the streets of Cairo and Beijing. Mona L. Female activists demanded that statesmen live up to their word.
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