Women's Peace Army

Women's Peace Army
Formation8 July 1915
Founder and president
Vida Goldstein
AffiliationsWomen's Political Association of Victoria

Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1915, the Women’s Peace Army was an Australian anti-war socialist movement that sought to mobilise and unite women, regardless of political or religious beliefs, in their opposition to war. Autonomous branches of the Women’s Peace Army were also established in the Australian cities of Sydney and Brisbane.

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