Zona Gale

Overview

Zona Gale born Portage, WI August 26, 1874 (d. 1938). American novelist, playwright and essayist; pacifist opposed to World War I; anti-war novel Heart's Kindred (1915) featured women's appeals for peace; against capital punishment; friend of Jane Addams; helped draft Wisconsin Equal Rights law 1923.

Quotations

"No matter how murderin' is done, it's hell." (Heart's Kindred, p. 135, 1915)