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October 30

Women peacemakers born today


  • 1815 Elizabeth Rous Comstock born Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (d. 1891). Quaker pacifist; minister; abolitionist; ran underground railroad in US; opposed Civil War.
  • 1914 Anna Wing born Hackney, London, England. Quaker; actress; supporter of CND.
  • 1915 Annabel Kreider Wolfson (d. 1983). Opposed Vietnam War by founding Interfaith Center for Draft Information, Worcester, 1969.

Women's peacemaking on this day


  • 1982 First public meeting for Puget Sound Peace Camp at "Feminine Resistance to Militarism" forum at Friends Center, Seattle.
  • 2002 Elizabeth Rehn and Ellen Sirleaf gave UNIFEM report on Effect of War on Women.
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