Women peacemakers born today

• 1528 Jeanne d'Albret born Pau, France (d. 1572). Queen of Navarre, 1555-72; peacemaker in French Wars of Religion. Raised as daughter of peace queen Marguerite of Navarre.

• 1840 Céline Renooz born Liège, Belgium (d. 1928). Feminist author and lecturer; matriarchal pacifist.

• 1862 Cora Ann Slocomb, Countess of Brazza, born New Orleans, LA (d. ?). American-born wife of Italian Count of Brazza; president of International Postal Union, 1897. Defended immigration; organized earthquake relief; saved a woman from capital punishment; lectured on peace and international arbitration; invented the yellow, purple and white peace flag later adopted by the International Peace Bureau.

• 1871 Caroline "Bokken" Lasson born Oslo, Norway (d. 1970). Norwegian singer and actress; follower of Gandhian nonviolence; wrote book on her 1931 visit to Gandhi; founded Norwegian Friends of India Society, 1932.

• 1943 Sadako Sasaki born Hiroshima, Japan (d. 1955). Atomic bomb survivor; led peace appeal through efforts to create 1000 paper cranes.

Women's peacemaking on this day

• 1943 National Committee to Oppose Conscription of Women founded by Mildred Scott Olmstead.

• 1991 Ardele Hough arrested in Madison, WI during protest against Gulf War when chained to door of Federal Building.

• 1991 Kay Camp and Joan Drake went to Baghdad as part of WILPF's International Women's Peace Delegation to stop Gulf War.