Patrisse Marie Cullors-Brignac born Los Angeles, CA June 20, 1983. Artist; African-American human rights activist. Co-founded Black Lives Matter movement with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi. Supported divestment to aid Palestine cause, 2015.
"In order to have any peace with justice, we have to address the needs of the most marginalized by our societies.” (Divest, Feb. 10, 2015)
Jamie Lee Curtis born Los Angeles, CA November 22, 1958. Actress; children's author, Is There Really a Human Race?; opponent of global warming and Iraq War.
"Thank you for voting against the War and for continuing to voice that opposition." ("Thank you, Barack Obama", Huffington Post, Nov. 4, 2008; photo Josh Hallett wiki)
Hannah Tracy Cutler born Becket, MA December 25, 1815 (d. 1896). Pioneering woman physician; abolitionist speaker widowed by mob killing her husband; first president of American Woman Suffrage Assn. 1870; delegate to World Peace Convention, London 1851.
“Emboldened me to speak before the great congregation on behalf of woman’s equal. . . right to have her interests represented in the council of nations.” (Ohio Cultivator, March-April 1852, Frances Kaye “The Ladies Department”, Agricultural History, 1976, vol. 50, p, 422; photo Wikipedia)
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is dedicated to highlighting the achievements of extraordinary, peacemaking women from around the world.
