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33: 265:, Bussey declared "We must strive to solve the economic and political problems which drive modern countries into war," and that "the world is now engaged in a race between education and death," clarifying, as Eric L. Hamilton put it, "that the solution to war was education and that permanent peace could only be achieved when people had the proper knowledge to see alternatives to war". 190:) and included historical and philosophical notes that were condensed and adapted from a thesis on La Mettrie presented by Bussey to Wellesley College. It was reprinted in 1927 and 1943. This was the only available English translation of La Mettrie made since 1750 and no newer English translation was made available until 1994. Her PhD dissertation, 304:
at the White House. Bussey served as National President of WILPF from May 1939 but as she did not always endorse strict pacifism she resigned her position in 1941 "so a more appropriate leader could take over." Her feeling being that "a forthright pacifist" should hold that position, She did however
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In a review prompted by this reissue Francis Early described it as "an important, indeed a crucial book, for anyone interested in the history of the women's peace movement". Early claimed that its authors represented "the best of the tradition of activist-scholars" and had produced a study that "is
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a lectureship was founded in her honor at Goucher College "by the American Civil Liberties Union, the class of 1929 of Goucher, of which she was an honorary member, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom".
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Bussey "demonstrated throughout her life a concern for economic and social justice, peace, and above all, freedom" and was involved with numerous progressive social and political causes. She was, along with
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leaving the White House today after discussing peace issues with President Roosevelt. The women plan to campaign during the month of October. In the group, left to right: (front) Miss
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remain active within WILPF and was elected to the international executive committee as a joint chair in 1946. She also served as Honorary National President from 1960 to 1961.
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The Bussey Society at Northwestern University also host an annual public lecture by a distinguished female philosopher known as the 'Gertrude Bussey Lecture'.
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Bussey died before she could complete her projected 50-year history on the WILPF. It was, however, completed by Margaret Tims and published posthumously as
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Gertrude Bussey, the daughter of Grace Fletcher Bussey and lawyer William George Bussey, was privately educated at several New York preparatory schools.
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Verbeek, Theo (June 1996). "Reviewed Work: Man a Machine and Man a Plant by Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Richard A. Watson, Maya Ribalka".
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Johnson, Nancy Revelle (1977). "Gertrude Carman Bussey, Fighter for Peace and Freedom". In Helmes, Winifred Gertrude (ed.).
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carefully researched, well written, and imbued with insights gained from first-hand knowledge of events and people".
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Barnard College, Wellesley College, Columbia University, Oxford University, Northwestern University
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On September 30, 1936, she was a member of a WILPF delegation that discussed peace issues with
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915-1965; a record of fifty years' work
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. 1915-1965: A Record of Fifty Years' Work
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915-1965: A Record of Fifty Years Work'
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Following Bussey's death on March 13, 1961, aged 73, which was marked by an obituary in
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Shook, John R. (2005). "Bussey, Gertrude Carman (1888–1961)". In Shook, John R. (ed.).
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in philosophy. That same year, she was appointed as an instructor of philosophy at
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Opposition to War: An Encyclopedia of U.S. Peace and Antiwar Movements (Volume 1)
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Vol. 27, No. 2 (APRIL, 1917), pp. 295-306 (followed by a response from
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington.
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was originally made by Gertrude C. Bussey, but the preface says.
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Native Informant: Essays on Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture
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Witnesses for change : Quaker women over three centuries
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Hamilton, Eric L. (2018). "Bussey, Gertrude (1888–1961)". In
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and activist for women's rights, civil liberties, and peace.
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held in the Goucher College Archival Photograph Collection.
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom people
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Bussey was however "most completely identified with the
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available at page 17 in Goucher College Digital Library
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Activism for women's rights, civil liberties, and peace
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Goucher Alumnae Quarterly (V. 039, no. 3) Spring 1961
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Brown, Elisabeth Potts; Stuard, Susan Mosher (1989).
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that was founded on Bussey's translation (revised by
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Women philosophers : a bio-critical source book
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1917, Press of T. Morey & son, Greenfield, Mass.
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and became, in 1915, its first student to receive a
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philosopher
Barnard College
Bachelor of Arts
Wellesley College
Columbia University
Bronxville
Oxford University
Northwestern University
PhD
Goucher College
Doctor of Humane Letters
Open Court Publishing Company
Man a Machine
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Mary Whiton Calkins
George Santayana
The Philosophical Review
The Monist
free will
Ernst Haeckel
William James
Henri Bergson
Bernard Bosanquet
Elisabeth Gilman
American Civil Liberties Union
YMCA
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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