Women peacemakers born today

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• 1876 (Agnes) Maude ROYDEN born Liverpool, England (d. 1956). Pacifist during World War I; first female Anglican priest; proposed a Peace Army, 1930s.

• 1901 Dr. Muriel GARDINER (née Morris) born Chicago, IL (d. 1985). American psychoanalyst; internationalist; opposed nuclear weapons; assisted escapees from Nazis in Vienna, 1938; co-founded Center for Innovative Diplomacy, "Dedicated to preventing nuclear and conventional war by increasing citizen participation in foreign affairs," 1982.

Women's peacemaking on this day

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• 1909 "First Great Strike of Women," "Uprising of the 20,000" garment workers in Manhattan.

• 1921 Molly Steimer exiled from US.

• 1989 Maria led Huancayo Peru march for International Day of Opposition to Violence Against Women.