Martha Gellhorn

Overview

Martha Gellhorn born St. Louis, MO November 8, 1908 (d. 1998). Pacifist author; war correspondent; opposed war in Vietnam, Contra War, nuclear weapons.

Quotations

"War is a malignant disease, an idiocy, a prison, and the pain it causes is beyond telling or imagining." (Face of War, 1959, p. 2; photo MarthaGelhorn.org)