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Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph) Libby
1874–1970
A longtime American peace activist, minister, and writer, he spent decades arguing that war could be prevented through organized public action. He is especially remembered for founding the National Council for Prevention of War and leading it from 1921 until 1970.
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What Price Peace?
by Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph) Libby, National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.)
About the author
Born in Maine in 1874, Frederick J. Libby became known as a pacifist, writer, speaker, and fundraiser. Archival records describe him as the founder of the National Council for Prevention of War, and the Library of Congress notes that his papers document his life and work as a peace activist and as the organization's executive secretary from 1921 to 1970.
Libby wrote and spoke widely about peace, disarmament, and the effort to keep the United States out of war. His published work includes What Price Peace? and To End War; the Story of the National Council for Prevention of War, reflecting a career centered on public persuasion as much as organizing.
Collections at the University of Pennsylvania also note that he married fellow activist Faith Ward Libby in 1932. He died in 1970, leaving behind a substantial documentary record of the American peace movement across the first half of the twentieth century.