Women peacemakers born today

• 1884 Fanny Fligelman Brin born Berlad, Romania (d. 1961). Pacifist; suffragist; Jewish peace leader. One of five women consultants to US delegation at founding of UN, 1945, representing Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace.

• 1897 Else Marie Zeuthen born Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1975). Member of Danish Parliament; international president of WILPF, 1956-65; delegate to UN; opposed NATO and Spanish Civil War; promoted foreign aid; protected Jews during Nazi occupation.

• 1912 Marion Bromley (née Coddington) born Akron, OH (d. 1996). Quaker pacifist; pioneering war tax resister; founder of CORE, 1941; founder of Peacemakers, 1948; first Freedom Ride, 1947; arrested in New York Easter parade, 1947.

• 1944 Mehrangiz Kar born Ahvaz, Iran. Muslim; human rights activist; lawyer; journalist; arrested and sentenced to 4 years, but released in 2 months for cancer treatment, 2000. Recipient of Trarieux Prize and Human Rights First award.

Women's peacemaking on this day

• 1903 Women's Social & Political Union founded by E. Pankhurst.

• 1931 WILPF Peace Caravan arrived in Washington DC after crossing the US for 9,000 miles.

• 1991 Women in Black started regular Wednesday vigil against war, Belgrade.

• 2011 280 Barbacoas, Colombia women end 110-day "Crossed Legs" strike refusing sex.