Vera Brittain

Overview

Vera Brittain born Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England December 29, 1893 (d. 1970). Pacifist author; Socialist; feminist; leader of British Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Quotations

"Pacifism is nothing other than the belief in the ultimate transcendence of love over power." (Humiliation with Honor, p. 9; photo Oxford U.)