Anna Cox Brinton

Overview

Anna Cox Brinton born San Jose, CA October 19, 1887 (d. 1969). Quaker pacifist; AFSC Commissioner for Asia, 1946; AFSC International Program director. (Photo 1920 Imogen Cunningham)

Quotations

“The blight on American character today is hardness of heart. We older people could, if we would, do something about it. We could help to train conscience.
Why are Americans believed to be cruel? For two very visible reasons: (l) We are the only nation that has used the atomic bomb, and we do not hesitate to prepare for full-scale nuclear war. (2) We are thought to be cruel to our little children. Thousands of American families,military and civilian, are living abroad. Soft-spoken foreign people hear American mothers talk unpolitely, and often in a loud voice, to their toddlers. They even threaten them.” (Friends Journal, Aug. 23, 1958, p. 481; photo 1920 Imogen Cunningham)