Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
+ Display larger image Associated Press, A MOTHER ACCOMPANIED BY HER DAUGHTER HOLDS A SIGN THAT READS "SAVE OUR CHILDREN!" (1961). Courtesy of AP/Wideworld.
| Creator | AP staff/photographer |
| Context | Across the nation, Women Strike for Peace demonstrated against nuclear testing by the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| Audience | Unknown |
| Purpose | To persuade the federal government to ban the testing of nuclear weapons |
Women organized WSP out of a fear of the effects of radiation from a nuclear war would have on their children. WSP protests drew the investigation of their activities from the House Un-American Committee. On December 11, 1962, HUAC subpoenaed WSP members, but the mothers turned the hearings into a circus with their tactics of ridiculing the committee's investigation. Those who testified appealed to mothers throughout the nation.
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