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Women

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peacemakers born today

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• 1935 - Ellen MOXLEY born today in Nanjing, China. Scottish citizen, Quaker pacifist zoologist, Alt. Alternate Nobel Prize Right Livelihood 2001, Gandhi Peace Prize 2004.

• 1960 - Daryl HANNAH born today in Chicago, IL. Film star, eco-activist protested whaling, logging, sexual slavery, Amazon oil; jailed for farm protest; did civil disobedience in Los Angeles against Iraq War 2006.

• 1980 - Zlata FILIPOVIĆ born today in Sarajevo. Wrote diary of Bosnia War 1991-3 entitled Zlata's diary. “Why is politics making us unhappy, separating us when we ourselves know who is good and who isn't?"

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Women's peacemaking on this day

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• 1851 Nonviolent abolitionist educational pioneer Myrtilla Miner est. teachers school for Blacks, DC (photo 1850s wiki pd).

• 1909 10,000 women marched to NY City Hall in garment strike.

• 1918 Carrie Chat's idea of League of Women Voters as “service to welfare of humanity”.

• 1970 Debra Sweet spoke truth to Pres. Nixon: “I can’t believe you’re sincere in giving this award for service, when you’re killing millions of people in Vietnam.”

• 1982 UN General Assembly resolution on Participation of Women in Promoting Peace.

• 2003 Mano River Womens Peace Network (MARWOPNET) got awarded UN prize for human rights (photo Marwopnet).

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