Rosika Schwimmer [SEP] place of death
have successfully led the campaign and coalition to create an International Criminal Court, which Schwimmer rarely gets credit for. In 1947 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize but had no chance of obtaining it as the prize was not awarded the next year.
Death and legacy.
Rosika Schwimmer died of pneumonia on August 3, 1948 in New York City.
Further reading.
- "The Case of Rosika Schwimmer: Alien Pacifists Not Wanted!" New York: American Civil Liberties Union, June 1929.
New York, NY
- Schwimmer Family Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, New York, NY
- Digital images of Rosika Schwimmer from the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, New York, NY
- Rosika Schwimmer Papers, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, CA
- Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA
- Rosika Schwimmer Papers, Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, PA
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