Hannah Clothier Hull
American clubwoman, feminist and pacifist
Hannah Hallowell Clothier Hull (July 21, 1872 – July 4, 1958) was an American pacifist and suffragist. She was one of the founders and leaders of the Women's Peace Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She served as vice-chairman of the board of the American Friends Service Committee from 1928 to 1947.
Early life
She was born Hannah Hallowell Clothier July 21, 1872, in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, to Quaker parents Isaac Hallowell Clothier and Mary Clapp Jackson Clothier. Her father was co-founder of the Strawbridge & Clothier department stores. She attended Friends' Central School in Philadelphia and graduated from Swarthmore College in 1891. She took graduate level classes in history and biblical literature at Bryn Mawr College from 1896 to 1897.
Career
Since her conservative family did not allow her to work after graduation, she volunteered at the College Settlement House in Philadelphia.
Hull first became involved in organized peace activities after she attended the Second Hague Conference for International Peace in 1907 with her husband. She served as vice-president of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association from 1913 to 1914.
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