Women Strike for Peace (WSP) was formed in 1961 to end the above ground testing of nuclear weapons.
Strontium 90 was found in milk from above ground testing of nuclear weapons and women were concerned about giving contaminated milk to their children.
Fifty thousand women in 60 cities marched for an end to the testing in November of 1961.
In 1963 The Test Ban Treaty was signed and ratified, prohibiting all test detonations of nuclear weapons (except underground) in no small part because of the public pressure that Women Strike for Peace was able to mobilize.
WSP was founded by Bella Abzug and Dagmar Wilson. Coretta Scott King was a delegate for WSP to a disarmament conference in Geneva in 1962.
Annals of Nuclear Resistance
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| Peace and Planet Mobilization April 26, 2015 Photo courtesy of Libero Della Piana - used by permission |
This blog is dedicated to stories of protest and resistance, calls for nuclear disarmament, remembering those who have made and do make significant contributions to peace.
These are extraordinary stories. It has been an honor and privilege to recruit the material for the blog as a United for Peace and Justice project for Nuclear-Free Future Month and Peace and Planet Summer.
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