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Topic editor: Steven G. Gilbert |
Women
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peacemakers born today
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- 1882 - Hélène MONASTIER born Payerne, Switzerland 1882 (d. 1976). Quaker; co-founder of first nonviolent peace corps Service Civil International 1920.
- 1934 - Sissela Ann Myrdal BOK born Stockholm, Sweden 1934. Nonviolent philosopher; daughter of Nobel prize winner Alva Myrdal.
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Women's peacemaking on this day
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- 1949 UN Convention on Suppression of Traffic of women approved by General Assembly.
- 1955 Prof. Jo Ann Robinson's first proposed civil rights bus boycott.
- 1982 First performance of “Missile "Missile America Contest” Contest" Westlake Mall, Seattle, WA.
- 1987 Carmen Mendieta and two other women leaders blown up by Contra mine near Piawas, Nicaragua.
- 1990 First Clothesline Project Hyannis, MA by Rachel Carey-Harper (photo clothesline project).
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