Women peacemakers born today

• 1858 Kata Dalström born Emtöholm, Kalmar, Sweden (d. 1923). Swedish author; Christian Socialist; communist; opposed World War I; anti-war leader in peaceful separation of Norway, 1905; later Buddhist and Theosophist.

• 1878 Edna Fischel Gellhorn born St. Louis, MO (d. 1970). President League of Women Voters; promoted world unity through League of Nations and UN; leader in suffrage and racial integration.

• 1943 Karin Holmgrunn Sham Poo born Oslo, Norway. Norwegian banker; Deputy Exec. Director UNICEF, 1987-2004; special representative of UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, 2005.

• 1980 Christina Aguilera born Staten Island, NY. Pop singer; Ambassador of World Food Program, 2010; Amnesty International campaign to stop genocide; song for Darfur.

Women's peacemaking on this day

• 1914 Jane Addams founded American League to Limit Armaments.

• 1979 "Magna Carta of Women" (CEDAW) UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women adopted by UN General Assembly res. 34/180.

• 1999 Julia Butterfly Hill sets record 738 days in Redwood protest.

• 2007 Six women of "Shut It Down" group arrested in Brattleboro, VT protest against Vermont Yankee reactor.

• 2008 Sylvia Boyes sentenced to 3 months for anti-missile protest Fylingdales, Yorkshire.