Women peacemakers born today

• 1769 Amelia Opie (née Alderson) born Norwich, England (d. 1853). Quaker; pacifist; Romantic poet and novelist; abolitionist.

• 1815 Elizabeth Cady Stanton born Johnstown, NY (d. 1902). Suffragist; abolitionist; co-founder of Seneca Falls Convention, 1848.

• 1903 Bodil Begtrup born Nyborg, Denmark (d. 1987). Danish diplomat and feminist; delegate to League of Nations, 1938; founder and first chair of UN Commission on Women, 1947; led work on Declaration of Human Rights, 1948; first Danish female ambassador, 1949; led rescue of children from war.

• 1930 Molly Blackburn (née Bellhouse) born Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1985). Leader of Black Sash, women opposing Apartheid; active in exposing murder and torture of Africans.

• 1933 Rep. Diane Watson born Los Angeles, CA. Opposed Iraq War; US Ambassador to Micronesia, 1998-2001.

• 1943 Stefanie Powers (née Stefania Federkiewicz) born Hollywood, CA. Antiwar actress; international advocate for wildlife conservation.

• 1982 Anne Hathaway born Brooklyn, NY. Actress; supporter of UNICEF and Amnesty International campaign against child soldiers.

Women's peacemaking on this day

• 1983 111 "Karen Silkwoods" arrested at Pine Gap, Australia.

• 1987 25 Finnish women tried for nuclear plant protest.

• 1991 Women's Action Agenda 21 by World's Women Congress for a Healthy Planet, Miami.

• 2009 Charter for Compassion adopted, promoted by Karen Armstrong.