Mandy Carter born Albany, NY November 2, 1948. African-American war resister; gay rights activist; organized Continental Walk for War Resisters League, 1976.
"Are we about justice, or just us?" (PeaceWork 799; photo World People's Blog)
Thérèse Casgrain (née Forget) born Ste. Irenne-des-Bains, Quebec, Canada July 10, 1896 (d. 1981). Canadian anti-nuclear leader, founder of Voice of Women (VOW) 1960; arrested Paris for anti-nuclear protest; opposed US war in Vietnam and conscription in WWII.
"The only defence is peace." (quoted by Gordon Earle in Parliament, Oct. 7, 1998; photo collectionscanada.gc.ca)
Julieta Casimiro born Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico April 2, 1936. Mazatec leader. Member of International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers.
“All of us here want the same thing. We want to walk in peace, and we want no more war. We don't need war.” (nativevillage.org)
“[F]or all of us who believe that things in the world can be better, if we attempt at every moment. . . to teach children to live with respect, peace, and love. The mission of all human beings who achieve consciousness is to take care of themselves and Mother Earth.” (BOMB Magazine, Winter 2004; photo acervodesaberes.wordpress)
Cora Taylor Casselman born Tara, Ontario, Canada October 18, 1888 (d. 1964). Politician; nurse in WWI. Member of Parliament, 1941-45; first woman Speaker of House of Commons, 1945. Only woman of Canadian delegation to the founding the UN, San Francisco, 1945. Adviser to ILO conference, 1944.
Doris Jean Castle born Oakland, TN March 25, 1942 (d. 1948). Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) activist, 1959. One of the youngest Freedom Riders, 1960; persuaded James Farmer to join Freedom Riders, 1961. Arrested for picketing, spent five days in prison, 1960; one of eight women arrested for forming “freedom ring” at Loew's Theater, New Orleans, Good Friday, 1964. Imprisoned at notorious Parchman Prison.
“We were scared to death. . . and you approach Montgomery, and you see all these blue shirts with sticks in their hands who are state troopers, and you don’t know what their orders are, you know? But nevertheless you don’t waver one way or the other, you just do it. . . We had to be out of our minds.” (Eva McMahan, Interactive Oral History, p. 39; photo Wikipedia)
Mabel Wing Castle born Providence, RI June 19, 1864 (d. 1950). Founder and first chair of Jane Addams Peace Association (JAPA) 1948.
"To foster a better understanding between the people of the world toward the end that wars may be avoided and a more lasting peace enjoyed." (Statement of Purpose; photo eBay)
Vivian Anderson Castleberry born Lindale, TX April 8, 1922. Newspaper editor. Founded Peacemakers, 1987. Ran first International Women’s Peace Conference, 1988. Made citizen diplomat trips to Russia, 1984, 1986, 1987.
“[M]y real concern that we do not impose our Western set of morality and our code of our living and our lifestyles on people who are from other cultures. That we learn to live in this world as sisters and brothers sharing the universe that was given to us without imposing how we ought to.” (Anne Kasper interview, p. 109; photo peacemakersincorporated.org)
Willa Cather (née Seibert) born Winchester, VA December 7, 1876 (d. 1947). Author; awarded Pulitzer Prize for antiwar novel One of Ours, 1922.
"One by one the heroes of that war, the men of dazzling soldiership, leave prematurely the world they have come back to. . . one by one they quietly die by their own hand." (One of Ours, p. 459; photo Adelaide Univ.)
Carrie Chapman Catt born Ripon, WI January 9, 1859 (d. 1947). Suffragist. Instrumental in the founding of numerous women's organizations: the Women's Peace Party, 1915; the League of Women Voters, 1920; the Committee on the Cause and Cure of War, 1924. Supported the League of Nations and the UN.
"We must teach our sons that it is greater to live nobly for one's country than to die for it; that love must supplant hate and trust replace suspicion." (Women at The Hague, p. xxv; 1914 photo Wikipedia)
Genevieve Caulfield born Suffolk, VA May 8, 1888 (d. 1972). Blind American teacher of the blind; first woman to win Magsaysay Award for Peace and Understanding 1961; opened schools for blind Bangkok 1938, Saigon 1958.
“[T]hat is what life is, the process of going on and on until the work for which we were created comes to an end.” (The Kingdom Within, p. 278; photo rmaf.org)
Ana Maria Cetto Kramis born Mexico City, Mexico February 18, 1946. Mexican physics professor. Director of Pugwash Conference board when it won 1995 Nobel Peace Prize. Deputy Director of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) when it won 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, 2003-10.
“The best protection against nuclear weapons, and the only way to prevent future Hiroshimas and Nagasakis, is to bring about an END TO ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS.” (Genbaku No Hi, Hiroshima, 2010; photo iaea.org)
Elizabeth Buffum Chace born Providence, RI December 19, 1806 (d. 1899). Radical pacifist and Quaker abolitionist, suffragist; conductor on underground railroad. Opposed Civil War, Spanish-American War.
"In behalf of the young manhood which war would demoralize, of the human life which war would sacrifice. . . I pray that even at the eleventh hour your efforts to avert this great affliction may be. . . " (Appeal to Pres. McKinley 1898, Wyman, p. 323; photo wikicom pd)
Herschelle Sullivan Challenor born Atlanta, GA October 5, 1938. Civil rights leader; took part in nonviolent sit-in, 1960; founding dean of School of International Relations, Clark Atlanta University; highest ranking American in UNESCO, 1978-91; presided over UN Decade of Cultural Development.
“We read Gandhi and became steeped in civil disobedience philosophy. . . All students participating in picketing were obliged to be properly dressed , to take a vow of nonviolence, and polite at all times.” (Lefever, Undaunted by the Fight, p. 60; photo http://bit.ly/zfBT8A)
Wendy Jean Chamberlin born Bethesda, MD October 12, 1948. US Ambassador to Laos, 1996-99; US Ambassador to Pakistan, 2001-02; acting head of UN High Commission for Refugees, 2005.
"Education is key in preparing girls to protect themselves and manage their lives. . . It also lays the foundation for girls to aspire for and acquire leadership positions and participate in decision-making." (UNHCR, March 8, 2005; photo haidermullick.com)
Sucheng Chan born Chicago, IL April 16, 1941. First Asian-American provost of University of California; founder of first department of Asian-American studies, Santa Barbara; opposed wars in Vietnam and Cambodia.
"Due to these Machiavellian political calculations on the part of the superpowers and their allies, the second Cambodian civil war (also known as the Third Indochina War) dragged on for twelve long years." (Not Just Victims, p. 17; photo claremontmckenna.edu)
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler born Centre, DE December 24, 1807 (d. 1834). Quaker; abolitionist; poet and pioneer of women's peace; rejected patriotic parades.
No, love; for that shining and brilliant display,
To me only tells of war's fearful array;
And I know that those bayonets, flashing so bright,
Were made in man's blood to be spoil'd of their light.
(Looking at the Soldiers; port, Mich. Women's Hall of Fame)
Augusta Jane Chapin born Lakeville, NY July 16, 1836 (d. 1905). Universalist Minister, chief woman organizer of Parliament of World's Religions Chicago 1893.
"I am here in the midst of this unique assemblage to represent womanhood and woman's part in it all." (welcome speech, Sept. 11, 1893; photo Wikipedia)
Maria Weston Chapman born Weymouth, MA July 25, 1806 (d. 1885). "Joan of Arc of the Anti-Slavery Movement" (Elizabeth Pease); "Garrison's Lieutenant"; co-founder of world's first nonviolent society 1838, edited first nonviolent newspaper.
"We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come." (speech, NY 1855; photo Unitarian-Universalist Assn.)
Mariana W. Chapman born New York, NY March 14, 1843 (d. 1907). American pacifist leader; suffragist. Author of The Inherent Immorality of War, 1901.
“[Y]ou will have your true peace force behind this government when you admit women to a voice in government, when their opinions not only influence, but are counted at the ballot-box as well.” (comment at Amer. Friends Peace Conf. 1901, p. 104; photo Swarthmore Col.)
Solange Chaput-Rolland born Montréal, Quebec, Canada May 14, 1919 (d. 2001). Writer, politician, and peace activist. Leader of Voice of Women for Peace (VOW). Member of Quebec National Assembly, 1979-81; Canadian Senator, 1988-94.
“VOW. . . has only condensed its thoughts on one precise, moral attitude toward nuclear armament or nuclear tests. . . at one day, at one specific hour, one is called to choose one’s truth and live by it.” (Tarah Brookfield, Cold War Comforts, 2012, p. 91; photo boitedependore.com)
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