The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was founded in 1917 by members of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States in order to provide young Quakers and other conscientious objectors to war with an opportunity to perform a service of love in wartime. In the ensuing years, the Committee has continued to serve…

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1947 Quakers and Peace Before I give my address, I want to express on behalf of Miss Backhouse and myself a word of gratitude for the very warm hospitality we have received here this week. This September I crossed the Atlantic together with one hundred Americans who had been here in…

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Acceptance Speech by Miss Margaret A. Backhouse, representing the Friends Service Council, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1947 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, friends, It is with sincere gratitude and great humility that I accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Friends Service…

Banquet speech by Miss Margaret A. Backhouse, representing both Laureates, on the Nobel Dinner, Oslo, December 10, 1947 We have listened to at the present time, but I must not be tempted to enter into a discussion of this situation. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to British and American committees of the Society…

Acceptance Speech by Professor Henry J. Cadbury, representing the American Friends Service Committee, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1947 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness and friends. On behalf of the American Friends Committee I accept our share of this award with humility and gratitude. We…

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Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1947 The International Service of the Society of Friends Introduction The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two Committees of the Society of Friends. These have their headquarters in Philadelphia and London but are representative of the activities of Friends around the world, whether the line be drawn round the…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1947, the speech was read by Gabriel Puaux, French Ambassador (Translation) «It would no doubt be of little purpose to dwell on my regrets at not being able to be present on this solemn occasion…