PeaceDocs | Bibliography | Women and Peace

This new chapter covers women peacemaking as a unique praxis with sources in feminist theory, the history of women’s practice and the thousands of titles available on this subject. Elsewhere we also discuss women’s unique role in African peacemaking, in Womens’ theologies, and in peacemaking in America. Titles below are linked to WorldCat.

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CHAPTER 18: Women and Peace

Theory

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1642. Anderlini, Sanam Naraghi. Women at the Peace Table: Making a Difference. New York, NY: UNIFEM, 2000.

1643. Anderlini, Sanam Naraghi. Women Building Peace: What They Do, Why It Matters. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2007.

1644. Anderson, Shelley. You Changed My Life: Lessons Learned from IFOR’s Women Peacemakers Program (2001-2005). Patterns in reconciliation, 10. [Alkmaar, Netherlands]: International Fellowship of Reconciliation, 2006.

1645. —. Women and Peacemaking: Lessons Learned from the Women Peacemakers Program. Patterns in reconciliation, 6. Alkmaar [Netherlands]: IFOR, 2002.

1646. Best, Marigold, and Pamela Hussey. A Culture of Peace: Women, Faith and Reconciliation. London: CIIR, 2005.

1647. Boulding, Elise. Women and Peace Work. International women's year studies on women, paper, no. 6. [Boulder]: Program of Research on General Social and Economic Dynamics, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 1975.

1648. Bouta, Tsjeard, and Georg Frerks. Gender, Conflict, and Development. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2005.

1649. Breines, Ingeborg, Dorota Gierycz, and Betty Reardon. Towards a Women’s Agenda for a Culture of Peace. Paris: UNESCO, 1999.

1650. Brill, Marlene Targ. Women for Peace. New York: Franklin Watts, 1997.

1651. Brock-Utne, Birgit. Educating for Peace: A Feminist Perspective. The Athene series. New York: Pergamon Press, 1985.

1652. —. Feminist Perspectives on Peace and Peace Education. The Athene series. New York: Pergamon Press, 1989.

1653. Brown, Wilmette. Black Women and the Peace Movement. Bristol, England: Falling Wall Press, 1984.

1654. Cabrera-Balleza, Mavic, Krista Lynes, and Gina Torry. From Local to Global: Making Peace Work for Women. New York: NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, 2005.

1655. Caldicott, Helen. Women and Peace. Amherst, MA: The Center for Community Access Television, 1980.

1656. Carroll, Berenice A., and Dorothy Gies McGuigan. The Role of Women in Conflict and Peace: Papers. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Center for Continuing Education of Women, 1977.

1657. Chambliss, Barbara Bowes. “Contemporary Women Peacemakers: The Hidden Side of Peacemaking.” Thesis (Ph.D.). Fielding Graduate Institute, 2002.

1658. Chester, Isabelle. Listen to Women for a Change. Philadelphia: The Jane Addams Peace Association for The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1986.

1659. Chinn, Peggy L., and Charlene Eldridge Wheeler. Peace and Power: Building Communities for the Future. New York: National League for Nursing Press, 1995.

1660. Conaway, Camille Pampell. The Role of Women in Stabilization and Reconstruction. Washington, DC: U.S. Institute of Peace, 2006.
<http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS72729>.

1661. Eclai, Atema R. “Realizing Peace: A Critical Analysis of the Work of Twelve International Peace Activists.” Thesis (Ed.D.). Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2003.

1662. Elshtain, Jean Bethke, and Sheila Tobias. Women, Militarism, and War: Essays in History, Politics, and Social Theory. New feminist perspectives series. Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1990.

1663. Faces. Women as Partners in Peace and Security. New York: United Nations Dept. of Public Information, 2004.

1664. Gioseffi, Daniela. Women on War: An International Anthology of Women’s Writings from Antiquity to the Present. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2003.

1665. —. Women on War: Essential Voices for the Nuclear Age. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988.

1666. Gould, Ketayun H., Janice Hartman, and Nancy Weinberg. Women and Peace: An International Conference. S.l: s.n, 1989.

1667. Hague Appeal for Peace. Building a Women’s Peace Agenda: Based on Discussions at the May 1999 Hague Appeal for Peace Conference. New York: New York Gender Focus Group of the Hague Appeal for Peace, 2001.

1668. Harris, Adrienne, and Ynestra King. Rocking the Ship of State: Toward a Feminist Peace Politics. Feminist theory and politics. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989.

1669. Hyman Alonso, Harriet. “Pursuing a World of Law, Justice, and Peace.” Diplomatic History 29. 2 (2005): 357–60.

1670. Infante, Jeannie. “Women and Foreign Policy: The Pursuit of Peace.” Thesis (A.B. Honoris). Rollins College, 1994.

1671. International Conference of Women Workers to Promote Permanent Peace, and May Wright Sewall. Women, World War, and Permanent Peace. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1976.

1672. Jegen, Mary Evelyn, and Christian Molidor. A Dwelling Place. Chicago, IL: Loyola University Chicago, 1993.

1673. Jones, Lynne. Keeping the Peace. A Women's peace handbook, 1. London: Women's Press, 1983.

1674. Karamé, Kari H., Torunn L. Tryggestad, and Gudrun Bertinussen. Gender Perspectives on Peace and Conflict Studies. Oslo: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, International Peace Research Institute, 2000.

1675. Kaye, Elaine, and Kenneth Kirkwood. Women and Peace. Education services papers, no. 2. Oxford: Education Services, 1990.

1676. Kelley, Colleen, and Anna L. Eblen. Women Who Speak for Peace. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.

1677. Kuhn, Devin. “Joyful Resistance: Toward a Feminist Peace Ethic.” Thesis (Ph.D.). Claremont Graduate University, 2008.

1678. Lorentzen, Lois Ann, and Jennifer E. Turpin. The Women and War Reader. New York: New York University Press, 1998.

1679. MacPhee, Susan C. Talking Peace: The Women's International Peace Conference. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Ragweed Press, 1990.

1680. Marshall, Donna Ramsey. Women in War and Peace: Grassroots Peacebuilding. Peaceworks, no. 34. U.S. Institute of Peace, 2000.

1681. Mazurana, Dyan E., Angela Raven-Roberts, and Jane L. Parpart. Gender, Conflict, and Peacekeeping. War and peace library. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.

1682. McCann, Mary E. “Towards a Revisioning of Women and Peace: A Feminist Critique.” Qualifying paper. Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1990.

1683. McKay, Susan, and Dyan E. Mazurana. Raising Women’s Voices for Peacebuilding: Vision, Impact, and Limitations of Media Technologies. London: International Alert, 2001.

1684. Pampell, Camille, Anita Sharma, Anita Wright, and Lisa Freeman. More Than Victims: The Role of Women in Conflict Prevention. A Conference Report. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., September 12, 2002. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2003.
<http://www.womenwagingpeace.net/content/articles/MoreThanVictims.pdf>.

1685. Peacemakers, Inc. Global Peace, from Vision to Reality: An International Women’s Conference, 8-8-88. Dallas, TX: s.n, 1988.

1686. Pierson, Ruth Roach. Women and Peace: Theoretical, Historical, and Practical Perspectives. London: Croom Helm, 1987.

1687. Porter, Elisabeth J. Peacebuilding: Women in International Perspective. Routledge advances in international relations and global politics, 60. London: Routledge, 2007.

1688. Porter, Nancy M. Teaching About Peace, War, and Women in the Military. New York, NY: The Feminist Press, 1984.

1689. Reardon, Betty. Education for a Culture of Peace in a Gender Perspective. Paris: UNESCO, 2001.

1690. —. Sexism and the War System. New York: Teachers College Press, 1985.

1691. —. Women and Peace: Feminist Visions of Global Security. SUNY series, global conflict and peace education. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993.

1692. Rehn, Elisabeth, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Women, War, Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women's Role in Peace Building. Progress of the world’s women, 2002, v. 1. New York: UNIFEM, 2002.

1693. Rubin, Josephine. Women and Peace. [East Orange, NJ]: Global Education Associates, 1978.

1694. Ruddick, Sara. Maternal Thinking: Toward a Politics of Peace. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1989.

1695. Rupp, Leila J. Worlds of Women: The Making of an International Women’s Movement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997.

1696. Skjelsbæk, Inger, and Dan Smith. Gender, Peace, and Conflict. Oslo: PRIO, 2001.

1697. Smith, Hilda L., and Berenice A. Carroll. Women’s Political & Social Thought: An Anthology. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000.

1698. Snyder, Anna C. Setting the Agenda for Global Peace: Conflict and Consensus Building. Gender in a global/local world. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate, 2003.

1699. Teaching About Peace, War, and Women in the Military. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1984.

1700. UN. Secretary-General. Women and Peace and Security: Report of the Secretary-General. [New York]: UN, 2004.

1701. United Nations. Women, Peace and Security: At a Glance. [New York]: United Nations, 2003.

1702. United Nations. Gender Resource Package for Peacekeeping Operations. New York: United Nations, Dept. of Peacekeeping Operations, 2004.

1703. United Nations. Women, Peace and Security: Study Submitted by the Secretary-General Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000). [New York]: United Nations, 2002.

1704. Valasek, Kristin, and Kaitlin Nelson. Securing Equality, Engendering Peace: A Guide to Policy and Planning on Women, Peace and Security (UN SCR 1325). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), 2006.

1705. Voice of Women. Report from the Women and Peace Conference, Toronto, June 3-4, 1994. Toronto: s.n, 1994.

1706. —. Women, Decision Making and Peace. Toronto: Voice of Women, 1998.

1707. Warren, Karen, and Duane L. Cady. Bringing Peace Home: Feminism, Violence, and Nature. A Hypatia book. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.

1708. Wheeler, Charlene Eldridge, and Peggy L. Chinn. Peace & Power: A Handbook of Feminist Process. New York, NY: National League for Nursing, 1989, 1991.

1709. Young, Alison. Femininity in Dissent. Sociology of law and crime. London: Routledge, 1990.

1710. We Are Ordinary Women: A Chronicle of the Puget Sound Women's Peace Camp. Seattle: Seal Press, 1985.

1711. Women and Peace. Boulder, CO: Women Studies, University of Colorado, 1985.

1712. Women, War, and Peace. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 2004.

1713. Women Working for Peace. Downsview, Ont: York University, 1988.

1714. Women Working in the Peace Movement. New York: Heresies Collective, Inc, 1985.

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Women’s Theologies

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General Background and History

1715. Adams, Judith Porter. Peacework: Oral Histories of Women Peace Activists. Twayne’s oral history series, no. 5. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991.

1716. Association 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005. 1000 Peacewomen Across the Globe. Zurich: Scalo, 2005.

1717. Bacon, Margaret Hope. One Woman’s Passion for Peace and Freedom: The Life of Mildred Scott Olmsted. Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1993.

1718. Blackwell, Joyce. No Peace Without Freedom: Race and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915–1975. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.

1719. Caravantes, Peggy. Waging Peace: The Story of Jane Addams. Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds Pub, 2004.

1720. Chmielewski, Wendy E. “People Diplomacy”: Women and Transatlantic Politics in 1846. 2006.

1721. —. Guide to Sources on Women in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Swarthmore, PA: W.E. Chmielewski, 1988.

1722. Deegan, M. J. “A Very Different Vision of Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch: A Comment on "Nobel Peace Laureates, Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch" by Harriet Hyman Alonso.” Journal of Womens History 8. 2 (1996): 121–25.

1723. Henderson, Michael. All Her Paths Are Peace: Women Pioneers in Peacemaking. West Hartford, Conn: Kumarian Press, 1994.

1724. Hirshberg, Lise. Women, War, and Peace: A Selected Bibliography and Filmography. New Brunswick, NJ: Institute for Research on Women, 1986.

1725. Klosterman, Eleanor M. “Speaking Truth to Power: Jane Addams’s Values Base for Peacemaking.” Affilia. (2006).

1726. Malo, Eve. Dynamite Women: The Ten Women Nobel Peace Laureates of the 20th Century. New York: Vantage Press, 2006.

See the complete list of Peace Prize winners.

1727. Needham, Wilma. Women and Peace: Resource Book. A Project by Voice of Women, Halifax. Halifax, N.S.: Voice of Women, 1987.

1728. Oldfield, Sybil. Women against the Iron Fist: Alternatives to Militarism, 1900-1989. Oxford, UK: B. Blackwell, 1989.

1729. Olsson, Louise, and Torunn L. Tryggestad. Women and International Peacekeeping. London: F. Cass, 2001.

1730. Reutter, Angelika U., and Anne Rüffer. Peace Women. Zürich: Rüffer+Rub, 2004.

1731. Ruser, Ursula-Maria. 1843-1993: Bertha Von Suttner (1843-1914) and Other Women in Pursuit of Peace. Geneva: United Nations, 1993.

1732. Stiehm, Judith. Champions for Peace: Women Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.

See the complete list of Peace Prize winners.

1733. University of Colorado Libraries. Guide to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Swarthmore College Accession (1915-2000). Boulder: University of Colorado at Boulder, University Libraries, Archives Dept, 2003.
<http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/archives/guides/wilpf_swarthmore.pdf>.

1734. Wallis, Jill. Mother of World Peace: The Life of Muriel Lester. Enfield Lock, Middlesex, UK: Hisarlik Press, 1993.

See a brief Wikipedia article.

1735. Weiss, Cora. The Life of Bertha Von Suttner and Her Legacy for Women Peacemakers Today. Patterns in reconciliation, 8. [Geneva, Switzerland]: International Peace Bureau, 2005.

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Africa

See bibliography.

Asia

See also Chapter 14: The Global South and Liberation.

1736. Ackerman, Peter, Christopher Kruegler, and Harriet Hyman Alonso. “Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 542 (1995): 219.

1737. Agustiana, Endah Trista. Women and Peace-Building, Central Sulawesi and North Maluku. Jakarta: Kementerian PPN/Bappenas, 2004.

1738. Asian Women for a Culture of Peace Conference. Asian Women for a Culture of Peace: Report of the Regional Conference : Asian Women for a Culture of Peace, 6-9 December 2000, Hanoi. Bangkok: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2001.

1739. Cendranita, Paulina. Women’s Role in Conflict Resolution in Cambodia. SEACSN working paper series, no. 7. Penang, Malaysia: Southeast Asian Conflict Studies Network, 2004.

1740. Christian Conference of Asia, and Ranjini Rebera. Sowing the Grains of Peace: A Resource Handbook for Building Peace: Consultation on Militarisation. Northeast Asia Subregional Women's Consultation, Ginowan Seminar House, Okinawa, Japan, June 19-25, 1992. Osaka: CCA Women’s Concerns, 1992.

1741. Javate de Dios, Aurora. Collection of Papers on Nonviolence and Peace. Diliman, Q.C. [Philippines]: Women’s Resource & Research Center, Maryknoll College Foundation, 1987.

1742. Manchanda, Rita. Women, War, and Peace in South Asia: Beyond Victimhood to Agency. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001.

1743. Manchanda, Rita, Shereen Karmali, and Sanam Naraghi Anderlini. Women, Violent Conflict and Peacebuilding: Global Perspectives. International Conference, London, May 5-7, 1999. London: International Alert, 2000.

1744. Prabodhini Project (Sri Lanka), Social Indicator (Organization), and National Peace Council of Sri Lanka. Women’s Participation in Politics, the Peace Process & Public Life: Results of a Benchmark Study for Assessing Prabodhini’s Impact. Colombo: National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, 2004.

1745. Prasad, Surya Nath, and Suman Shukla. Women Education and Peace. Ambala Cantt, India: Associated Pub, 1995.

1746. Regional Workshop on Strengthening Women’s Role in the Peace Process, Rita Manchanda, Bandita Sijapati, and Rebecca Gang. Women Making Peace. Kathmandu: South Asia Forum for Human Rights, 2002.

1747. Yamamoto, Mari. Grassroots Pacifism in Post-War Japan: The Rebirth of a Nation. Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/RoutledgeCurzon series. London: Routledge-Curzon, 2004.

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Australasia/Oceania

1748. Bacchi, Carol Lee. Women and Peace Through the Polls. Canberra: Peace Research Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1986.

1749. Banerjee, Paula. Women in Peace Politics. South Asian peace studies, v. 3. London: SAGE, 2007.

1750. Garap, Sarah. Kup Women for Peace: Women Taking Action to Build Peace and Influence Community Decision-Making. Canberra, ACT: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2004.

1751. Hakena, Helen, Peter Ninnes, and Bert A. Jenkins. NGO’s and Post-Conflict Recovery: The Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency, Bougainville. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press, 2006.

1752. Open Learning Centre, and Manawatu Peace Collective 2000. Peace Offerings. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Open Learning Centre, 2000.

1753. Peace and Democracy Foundation (East Timor), and International Fellowship of Reconciliation. Pacific Women Exploring Nonviolence. Alkmaar, Netherlands: IFOR Women Peacemakers Program], 2004.

1754. Sirivi, Josephine Tankunani, and Marilyn Taleo Havini. As Mothers of the Land: The Birth of the Bougainville Women for Peace and Freedom. Canberra, ACT: Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2004.

1755. UNIFEM Round Table Meeting on Women, Peace, and Security for Melanesia. Women, Peace, and Security, Melanesia: Report of the UNIFEM Round Table Meeting, 8-11 October 2001. Suva [Fiji]: UNIFEM Office, 2001.

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Europe

1756. Barandun, Patricia. A Gender Perspective on Conflict Resolution: The Development of Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (NIWC) and Its Role in the Multi-Party Peace Talks (1996-1998). w.p: Swiss Peace Foundation, 2000.

1757. Berezhnai︠a︡, N.A., and Elena Petrovna Blinova. Women Fight for Peace. Moscow: General Editorial Board for Foreign Language Publications, Nauka, 1986.

1758. Cambridge Women’s Peace Collective. My Country Is the Whole World: An Anthology of Women’s Work on Peace and War. London: Pandora Press, 1984.

1759. Chapman, Wayne K., and Janet M. Manson. Women in the Milieu of Leonard and Virginia Woolf: Peace, Politics, and Education. New York: Pace University Press, 1998.

1760. Christian Peace Conference. Christian Women Call for Peace. Prague: Christian Peace Conference, 1975.

1761. Conservative and Unionist Party. When Peace Comes: A National Programme from the Standpoint of Women. London: Stapler and Stapler, 1944.

1762. Cox, Michael, Adrian Guelke, and Fiona Stephen. A Farewell to Arms? Beyond the Good Friday Agreement. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2006.

1763. Davis, Anita Price, and Marla J. Selvidge. Women Nobel Peace Prize Winners. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co, 2006.

See the complete list of Peace Prize winners.

1764. Lindgren, Karin. Participation of Women in Decision-Making for Peace: Case-Study on Sweden. New York: United Nations, 1989.

1765. Liparini, Cloe. “The Role of Armenian Women As Peacebuilders since the End of the Soviet Era.” Thesis (Master of International and Intercultural Management). School for International Training, 2002.

1766. Melicharova, Margaret. Women and Peace: A Resource Pack for Teachers and Students. London: Peace Pledge Union, 1996.

1767. WILPF British Section. Women’s Unfinished Agenda: What Does Feminism Offer Peace, Economic and Social Justice and Human Rights Campaigners? The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, International Seminar, 9 September 2006, Avery Hill, London, UK. London: UK WILPF, 2006.

1768. Wiltsher, Anne. Most Dangerous Women: Feminist Peace Campaigners of the Great War. London: Pandora Press, 1985.

1769. Women's International Democratic Federation. Peace, Disarmament, Co-Operation, the Objects of Our Struggle. Berlin: Women’s International Democratic Federation, 1979.

1770. Workgroup Social Defence of Women for Peace. Social Defence: Women for Peace. Amersfoort, The Netherlands: Workgroup Social Defence of Women for Peace, 1984.

1771. Zajović, Staša, and Aleksandra Majstorac. Women for Peace. Belgrade: Women in Black, 1999.

1772. Reports on building for peace and national health insurance. To be presented by the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Organisations to the National Conference of Labour Women, Cheltenham. June 20, 21 and 22, 1934. London: The Labour Party, 1934.

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Greenham Common

1773. Cook, Alice, and Gwyn Kirk. Greenham Women Everywhere: Dreams, Ideas and Actions from the Women’s Peace Movement. Boston, MA: South End Press, 1983.

1774. Fairhall, David. Common Ground: The Story of Greenham. London: I.B. Tauris, 2006.

1775. Harford, Barbara, and Sarah Hopkins. Greenham Common: Women at the Wire. London: Women's Press, 1984.

1776. Kippin, John. Cold War Pastoral: Greenham Common. London: Black Dog Pub, 2001.

1777. Liddington, Jill. The Long Road to Greenham: Feminism and Anti-Militarism in Britain Since 1820. London: Virago, 1989.

1778. Pettitt, Ann. Walking to Greenham. Honno autobiography. Dinas Powys, South Glamorgan, Wales: Honno, 2006.

1779. Roseneil, Sasha. Disarming Patriarchy: Feminism and Political Action at Greenham. Buckingham: Open University Press, 1995.

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North America