(Sources: Peace Buttons, War Resisters League, and the Peace Center.)
July 3
1835
Children strike in Paterson, New Jersey, for an 11-hour work day and a 6-day work week.
1860
Birthday of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, author (Herland); feminist and a founder of the Women’s Peace Party.
1966
Children working in the silk mills at Paterson, New Jersey, went on strike for an eleven-hour day and a six-day work week. With the help of adults, they won a compromise settlement of a 69-hour week.
1966
At least 31 people were arrested in London after their protest against the Vietnam War turned violent. Police moved in after scuffles broke out at the demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square.
Actress Vanessa Redgrave joins 25,000 two years later at Anti-Vietnam war protest, Grosvenor Square.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 