Hull, Hannah (1872–1958)

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Hull, Hannah (1872–1958)

American pacifist and suffragist. Name variations: Hannah Clothier or Hannah Hallowell Clothier; Hannah Clothier Hull. Born Hannah Hallowell Clothier, July 21, 1872, in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania; died July 4, 1958, in Swarthmore, PA; dau. of Isaac Hallowell Clothier and Mary Clapp (Jackson) Clothier; m. William Isaac Hull, Dec 27, 1898 (died 1939); children: 2 daughters (b. 1900, 1904).

Attended 2nd Hague Conference for International Peace (1907); was vice president of PA Woman Suffrage Association (1913–14) and chair of PA branch of Woman's Peace Party (1917–20); worked with Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), serving as delegate to emergency International Conference of Women (1922), national chair of US section (1924–28), chair of national board (1929–38), president of US section (1933–39), and honorary national president (1939–58); was vice chair of American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) board (1928–47), and member of peace committee and of executive committee of foreign service section; was member of board of directors of Pendle Hill (Quaker social and religious study center) (1929–55).

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