In this podcast Dr Jon Coburn of the University of Lincoln examines the role, influence and significance of women in the US Peace Movement. Dr Coburn also examines how interconnected the Peace Movement was with the civil rights movements of the 1960's and 70's.

Dr Coburn is currently working with Emmy-nominated filmmaker Betsy Kalin to produce a documentary about the life and death of Women Strike for Peace activist Alice Herz.

1. What were the origins of the 1960's American Peace Movement?
2. To what extent did individual activists and groups coordinate their efforts across the country?
3. What role did women have both at a grassroots level and as figureheads in the movement?
4. Were women in the movement treated differently by the authorities, the media and their male counterparts in the movement?
5. How did the movement evolve in the 1960's and 70's? How did the nature of peace activism change?
6. To what extent did the Peace Movement influence the public and change the narrative of war?
7. Can you illustrate the lives of some of the women that were involved in the Peace Movement? How have they been remembered?
8. Are historians beginning to engage with these women? Are these histories beginning to reach the public?

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