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Ii. The Lloyd's And Switzerland, Georgia Lloyd
Ii. The Lloyd's And Switzerland, Georgia Lloyd
Swiss American Historical Society Review
My mother had many reasons to be drawn to Switzerland. Her father-in-law, Henry D. Lloyd, had spent time there. Geneva was the international headquarters of the League of Nations, and also of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom of which, along with Jane Addams, she had been a founder. A member of the Board, she wanted to attend the 1926 Congress of the W.I.L.P.F. being held in Dublin. She believed spending time in other countries was part of a good education.