Elise Boulding

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Elise Boulding

• Peace Pioneer and Founder of COPRED (the
  Forerunner of PJSA)

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Outline

• Introduction
• Early Years
• Families and Peace
• WILPF
• Travels
• Return to Academia
• The Founding of IPRA

• COPRED
• Women and Peace
• The Hermitage/Later Years

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Introduction
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Early Years

• Immigrant status of great import
• Marriage to Kenneth Boulding an epiphany
• Influenced by Alva Myrdal as a young adult
• Led to her work on NGOs

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Families and Peace

• Families are the practice ground for peace
• One Small Plot of Heaven Reflections on Family
  Life from a Quaker Sociologist
• Families are cultures where peacemaking skills
  are learned
• Family networks connect individuals to the
  world-wide global community

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The Womens International League for Peace and
Freedom

• WILPF laid the groundwork for virtually all of
  Elises later theoretical and activist work
• Eventually she rose to become International Chair

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Travels

• Pivotal year for the Bouldings in Stanford, CA in
  1954
• Elise meets Fred Polak

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Return to Academia

• A Respite to Run for Congress

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The Founding of IPRA

• Retrieval from the wastebasket led to newsletter
• Consultative Committee on Research of WILPF
• Inaugural meeting in Clarens, Switzerland of
  COROIPAS

• Research vs. Advocacy
• 1965 Gathering in Groningen

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COPRED

• The Founding
• Chief role as linkage
• Tensions between academics and activists

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Women and Peace

• Power With
• Connectedness
• The Underside

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A Year Off, Move to Dartmouth and Later Years

• Writing of The Underside of History
• 1970s-80s, solidified reputation as an academic
• Move to Dartmouth
• Work in International Peace

• International Secretariat of IPRA
• IPRA Middle East Commission
• Move east

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IM 85 AND STILL ALIVE

• Im 85 and still alive
• So what should I do?
• Get behind the plow?
• No.time to learn
• To be here now

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