Happenings
- POTW exhibit at WSU through April 5, 2013
- POTW exhibit in Portland May 3 - June 14, 2013
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Women peacemakers born today
- 1869 Helene Stöcker born Elberfeld, Germany (d. 1943). German feminist; founder of War Resisters International 1923; founder of WILPF.
- 1931 Rev. Joan Brown Campbell born Youngstown, OH. Global Peace Initiative of Women, 2002; US director of World Council of Churches; peace missions to South Africa, Cuba, Serbia.
- 1950 Vonimbolana Rasoazanany born Tananarive, Madagascar. Judge of International Criminal Court for Yugoslavia, 2003-8.
- 1958 Barbara Thaimu Bangura born Belfast, N. Ireland. Sierra Leone women's leader; trainer in nonviolence and peacebuilding.
- 1980 Monique Coleman born Orangeburg, SC. African-American singer and actress; UN Youth Champion, 2010.
Women's peacemaking on this day
- 1967 First public manifesto of revived women's movement: "To the Women of the Left."
- 1974 Death of Karen Silkwood, whistleblower on plutonium coverup, near Crescent, OK.
- 1983 111 women arrested for "Boston Tea Party" held by Australian Women For Survival inside fence at Pine Gap.
- 1990 Women's Conference for Security & Cooperation in Europe.
- 2010 Aung San Suu Kyi released from long house arrest.
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