Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980009217

In that year her book "Approaches to the Great Settlement." regarding the impending peace negotiations was published. She spent a year on the editorial staff of the Nation and in 1919 she helped establish the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom. headquartered in Geneva. World War II strained Balchs pacifism. her concern for the victims of fascism however was great and she reluctantly supported the war. She helped European refugees settle in the United States and worked to get the interned JapaneseAmericans out of the relocation camps. In 1946 the Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to Balch and international YMCA leader John R. Mott.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Japanese
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
BARNEY FRANK
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1983-03-03
Speech ID
980009217
Paragraph
#1
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