The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organisation, based in Philadelphia, that works for peace, social justice and humanitarian relief. It was set up by American Quakers during the First World War to give conscientious objectors a way to serve their country without taking part in combat, mainly by helping civilians in war-torn France. Between the wars, it fed children in Germany and gave help to miners and farm families in the United States. During the Nazi period it helped refugees escape Europe. In 1947 the committee shared the Nobel Peace Prize with its British counterpart, the Friends Service Council, for its work for victims of war and its quiet witness for peace.
Before and after
- from 16 April 1917 to 9 May 1917Nivelle Offensive
- from 17 April 1917 to 19 April 1917Second Battle of Gaza
- 19 April 1917Champaran Satyagraha
- 26 April 1917Birth of I. M. Pei
- 30 April 1917Rise of American Friends Service Committee
- 13 May 1917Our Lady of Fátima
- 29 May 1917Birth of John F. Kennedy
- 4 June 1917Pulitzer Prize
- from 7 June 1917 to 14 June 1917Battle of Messines
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The era
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