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In November 1961, in response to a major policy speech delivered by U.S. President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) in Seattle on  November 16, 1961, women political activists leave the Communist Party to found Seattle Women Act for Peace.

The first effort of the new organization was to demand passage of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Pact.

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Barbara Winslow interview with Ancie Koppel, Seattle, Washington, 1991.

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