Wazhma Frogh born Kabul, Afghanistan June 3, 1980. Afghan human rights leader. Co-founded Research Institute for Women Peace & Security-Afghanistan (RIWPS), 2013.
“This is everyone else's war, not the Afghans' war. Any other country in the world claims that this is their conflict, but not Afghans. That's the heart of our misery.” (The Guardian, Sept. 22, 2009; photo inclusivesecurity.org)
Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney) born Norwich, England May 21, 1780 (d. 1845). "Angel of the Prisons "; English Quaker prison reformer; advocate of homeless; pioneer nurse; opponent of slavery.
"[When I] hear a very famous Marine band. . . I do not go, because I have some idea it is wrong, even to give countenance to a thing that inflames men’s minds to destroy each other; it is truly giving encouragement." (Aug. 8, 1798, Memoir, p. 56; photo historicalnorwich.co.uk)
Joan Mary Fry born Highgate, London, England July 27, 1862 (d. 1955). English social reformer; vegetarian; Quaker pacifist who organized relief to Germany after World War I; aided imprisoned conscientious objectors; delegate to first women's Hague Conference 1915.
"We dare not step short of serving ourselves or even our own nation, but must look to people of other nations as if they had been let into the family circle." (July 17, 1915, Friends’ Intelligencer, p. 450; photo The Friend)
Margery Fry born Highgate, London, England March 11, 1874 (d. 1956). Quaker prison reformer, college principal; early Secretary War Resisters International 1923; Quaker war relief in France WWI; women’s organization delegate to Versailles Peace Conference to get women into League of Nations 1919.
On marching against Boer War: “[I am] ashamed to be working for anything else but peace.” (Mijin Cho, British Quaker Women and Peace, p. 206)
Ruth Fry born Highgate, London, England September 4, 1878 (d. 1962). Quaker writer on peace and nonviolence; relief organizer after World War I, Russian famine 1921; Secretary National Council for the Prevention of War 1926-27; Treasurer London War Resisters’ International 1936-7.
"Women must learn to think internationally." ("Women's Responsibilities." 1923; photo Swarthmore College Peace Collection)
Sumako Fukao born November 18, 1888 (d. 1974). Japanese poet. Repudiated her wartime militarism to become absolute pacifist.
“Needless to say, we should take a stand against war, and rearmament is absolutely out of the question. How foolish it is to own guns and build tanks in an age of uranium. As the nation which began the Pacific War, we must by all means carry out that great undertaking—to create an ideal world free from all conflicts for all humankind—to atone for our grave mistake.” (Mari Yamamoto, Grassroots Pacifism, p. 194; photo wikiwand)
Margaret Fuller born Cambridgeport, MA May 23, 1810 (d. 1850). Transcendentalist poet and author; teacher at Bronson Alcott's Temple School. Pioneering feminist and supporter of Italian unity; opponent of capital punishment; co-founder of Brook Farm.
"Yet does not love comprehend the universe? The universe is love." (Life Without, p. 350, 1858; photo UUA.com)
Mary Eliza Fullerton born Glenmaggie, Victoria, Australia May 14, 1868 (d. 1946). Australian novelist, poet; feminist; suffragist; socialist; opposed First World War in Women Against War; wrote against conscription World War I.
“Whatever comes, there is nothing that will get us all out of the slough, soldiers and citizens alike, but addressing ourselves seriously to the arts of peace; strenuously developing the best within ourselves, and the rich capacities of this beautiful land of ours.” (1919, Peace Coalition: First World War Women Working for Peace; photo pinterest Sally O’Neill)
Laurie Susan Fulton born Sioux Falls, SD July 2, 1949. Founding Executive Director Peace Links of women to prevent nuclear war, peace building, and finding alternative methods of resolving conflict 1982-85; began exchange of Russian women at peak of Cold War Russian pen pal campaign; Pioneering Peacebuilder Award of National Peace foundation 2002; lawyer; Ambassador to Denmark 2009-13; organized and co-chaired Role of Women in Global Security, Copenhagen Oct. 2010.
“Building lasting peace and security requires women’s participation. Half of the world’s population cannot make a whole peace.” (Role of Women in Global Security summary; photo zimbio.com)
Annie Fredrika Furuhjelm born Novoarchangelsk, Russian Alaska December 11, 1859 (d. 1937). Finnish journalist; feminist; member of parliament, 1914-24, 1927-9; founder of WILPF.
"In spite of differences of tradition and climate, of race, religion, and language, we feel we have all something in common." (Rupp, Worlds of Women, p. 109; photo 1859, http://bit.ly/wC7EcD)
Coco Fusco (née Juliana Fusco Miyares) born New York, NY June 20, 1960. Cuban-American performance artist and professor. Anti-Apartheid “Rights of Passage”, 1997; women and war “A Room of One’s Own”, 2006; antiwar lecture “Observations of Predations in Humans: A Lecture by Dr. Zira, Animal Psychologist”, 2013.
“At the onset of the new millennium, American women finally have what they need to demonstrate their prowess. The War on Terror offers an unprecedented opportunity to the women of this great country." (“A Room of One’s Own”)
“[T]he balance in human society has shifted away from empathy toward aggressively individualistic behavior.” (Elia Alba interview, Dec. 12, 2013, BOMB; photo as Zira, Monmouth.edu)
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