Ellen Starr Brinton Explained

Ellen Starr Brinton (March, 16, 1886 - July 2, 1954)[1] [2] was an American pacifist, human rights activist and archivist. She represented the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) both locally and internationally and was known for her lectures about her working travels abroad and on the subject of peace. Brinton was the first curator of the Jane Addams Peace Collection which later became the Swarthmore College Peace Collection (SCPC).[3] Brinton was a Quaker and a feminist.

Career

Brinton was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She was involved in the distributions of war rations in Pennsylvania during World War I.[4] She did publicity work for the Food Administration in Philadelphia. She also wrote for a local paper.

Brinton served as the field secretary for Pennsylvania's branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)[5] [6] in the 1920s and early 1930s. In this capacity, she represented WILPF internationally.[7] [8] [9] She urged WILPF to resist violence in Cuba and for the United States to stop interfering in Cuban affairs.[10] Brinton began an inter-American project to collect the names of Latin American peace activists in 1934, eventually gaining a list of 170 names from 21 different countries. She lectured about her many travels and correspondences with international peace activists,[11] [12] and was considered a noted lecturer by The Philadelphia Inquirer.[13]

Brinton started the Swarthmore College Peace Collection (SCPC) in 1935. She was first the acting curator of the collection, which contained documents belonging to Jane Addams and other sources that were around 300 years old.[14] Brinton doubled the size of the collection, by taking relevant sources back from the Library of Congress to include in her archive for SCPC.[15] She also found other documents belonging to Addams in 1951, which had been boxed up and placed in the Addams' barn.[16] The special collections of peace seals and stamps were started by Brinton. Brinton retired from the library in 1951.

Brinton helped found the interracial Media Fellowship House and a wing of the house was built using money from her memorial fund.[17]

After her death, United Nations delegates and others held a concert in her memory.[18]

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  1. Book: Cross, Jesse Calvin. The Jackson family : a history of Ephraim Jackson, first ancestor to come to America and his descendants, 1684-1960. 1961. 220.
  2. News: Ellen Starr Brinton. Women In Peace. 2017-08-29. en-US.
  3. Web site: Ellen Starr Brinton Papers (DG 051). 22 June 2016. Swarthmore College Peace Collection. 2017-08-22. 2017-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20171016220744/http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/DG051-099/dg051brinton.htm. dead.
  4. Book: McCain, George Nox. War Rations for Pennsylvanians. The John C. Winston Co. 1920. Philadelphia. 149.
  5. News: Miss Brinton to Speak at Y.W.C.A. Monday. 16 November 1933. The Evening News. 22 August 2017. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: L.V. Congress of Women's Clubs Holds Meeting in Catasauqua. 25 April 1934. The Morning Call. 23 August 2017. Newspapers.com.
  7. 12 August 1932. Miss Ellen Brinton, Peace Worker, Find Turkey Most Interesting Country in Europe. Our Town. 18. 44. 1,6. 29 August 2017.
  8. News: To Attend Mexican Peace Conference. 27 June 1930. Our Town. 29 August 2017. 37. 16. 12.
  9. News: Narberth Woman to Attend League Conference Abroad. 6 May 1932. Our Town. 29 August 2017. 30. 18. 5.
  10. Book: Gronbeck-Tedesco, John A.. Cuba, the United States, and Cultures of the Transnational Left, 1930–1975. Cambridge University Press. 2015. 9781107083080. New York. 243.
  11. News: Speaker Traces Peace Moves. 22 November 1932. Altoona Tribune. 22 August 2017. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: Peace League Officer Lectures on Mexico. 5 April 1932. Star-Gazette. 22 August 2017. Newspapers.com.
  13. News: Samuel L. Brinton. 19 July 1921. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 29 August 2017. Newspapers.com.
  14. News: Establishing Peace Library. 8 December 1939. Swarthmorean. 23 August 2017.
  15. News: Former Librarians Had White Beards. Skidmore. Arden. 25 April 1964. Delaware County Daily Times. 22 August 2017. Newspapers.com.
  16. Book: The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Preparing to Lead, 1860-81. University of Illinois Press. 2003. 0252027299. Bryan. Mary Lynn McCree. 1. Chicago. 60. Bair. Barbara. De Angury. Maree.
  17. News: Racial Incident Spawns Unique Institution. Grasberger. Sara M.. 26 November 1964. Delaware County Daily Times. 22 August 2017. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: Philadelphia Organist In Concert Sunday. 28 October 1955. Swarthmorean. 23 August 2017.

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