The Women's Peace Council was a group that, during World War I, campaigned for a negotiated end to the conflict. The group's membership was mainly from the Women's Freedom League, a group made up of suffragettes. Many of its members were also pacifists. The Women's Peace Council was founded in 1915 because the leaders of the Women's Freedom League believed that the British government's anti-war efforts were insufficient in ending conflict during World War I and they wanted to bring about negotiated peace. The newly formed Women's Peace Council is a rebirth of the Women's Peace Council from World War I, but it is now a global organization dedicated to peace and well-being, led by women. Their Facebook page describes the purpose of the group as follows: "The Women’s Peace Council will bring together people from different backgrounds to imagine a world without fear and hatred." The co-founders of the newly formed Council are Tezikiah Gabriel, Jayne Hillman, and Deborah Greene. The Charter Members include Dimah Mahmoud, Rosa Davis, Kath Knight, Tracy Chapman, and Jennifer Carolyn King. Current-Day Activism 3 June 2019: The Women's Peace Council organized the "People's Banquet," or "Peace banquet," held in Parliament Square in London, to protest the visit of President Trump and his participation in the state banquet. This event was a partnership between the Women's Peace Council and ActionAid UK. Those participating were asked to wear blue and bring white flowers to represent peace. Speakers, singers, and other performers were part of the event, including a feminist fortune-teller. Notable Members Charlotte Despard: Women's Peace Council member and notable British suffragette. Despard was one of the original organizers for the Women's Freedom League and one of the organizers of the Women's Peace Crusade in 1916. Despard was also the 1918 Labour Party candidate in Battersea in the election after World War I, but she lost the election due to her unpopular pacifist, anti-war political views. She then went on to become the secretary for the Friends of Soviet Russia organization in 1930. Helen Crawfurd: Member of the Women's Peace Council and one of the organizers of the Glasgow branch of the Women's International League in 1915. She was also one of the organizers for the Women's Peace Crusade in 1916. In 1920 she was one of the founders of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and in 1927 she helped establish the League Against Imperialism.