Sarah Moore Grimke

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Overview

Sarah Moore Grimké born Charleston, SC November 26, 1792 (d. 1873). Quaker; nonviolent abolitionist; anarchist.

Quotations

"Jesus's 'Resist not evil,' has interdicted to his disciples all war and all violence, and taught us that the spirit of retaliation for injuries, whether in the camp, or at the fire-side, is wholly at variance with the peaceful religion he came to promulgate. How little do we comprehend that simple truth, 'By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.'" (letter to sister, Aug. 25, 1837; photo Lib. Cong. pd)

Hazel Grossman

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Hazel Grossman (née McKannay) born San Francisco, CA June 20, 1913 (d. 2007). Co-founder Women Strike for Peace 1961; organized San Francisco response; WILPF leader; opposed Vietnam War, Central America wars; at age 81 arrested San Francisco for Women for Peace protest re Israeli deportation of Palestinians 1993; fed 24-hour vigilers against napalm, 1966.

Quotations

“Not everybody can leave their families and be arrested or even spend hours cooking and bringing food to places like Port Chicago, but they can inform the public of why people in the peace movement feel they must place their bodies in front of napalm trucks.” (Andrea Estepa dissertation “Taking the White Gloves Off”, p. 224; photo legacy.com)

Annette Groth

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Annette Groth born  Bielefeld, Germany May 16, 1954. Member of German Reichstag, 2009, chaired Human Rights Committee; took part in Gaza Freedom flotilla in which 9 protesters were killed, 2010; sociologist, education officer UN High Commission for Refugees, 1992-97; active in Association for Prevention of Torture and refugee relief.

Quotations

“It was like war, They had guns, Taser weapons, some type of teargas and other weaponry, compared to two-and-a-half wooden sticks we had between us. To talk of self-defence is ridiculous.” (The Guardian, Jun. 1, 2010; photo bundestag.de)

Martha Gruening

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Martha Gruening born Englewood, NJ January 22, 1889 (d. 1937). Jewish-American human rights lawyer and writer. “Brick in a Soft Hat”; arrested 1910 observing shirtwaist strike; suffragist; opposed World War I; arrested in No Conscription campaign 1917; edited pacifist magazine The Dawn; secretary and riot investigator for NAACP.

Quotations

On the massacre of blacks in East St. Louis: “I have seen this democracy at close range, and I know what it means. That is why I want the world made unsafe for it.” (“Speaking of Democracy”, Mother Earth, Aug. 1917; photo Gomez.org)

Rebeca Grynspan

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Overview

Rebeca Grynspan born San José, Costa Rica December 14, 1954. International economist; first woman head Ibero-American SEGIB for sustainable development; Costa Rica’s Vice President and Housing Minister 1996-8; UN Development Program Latin America 2006-10.

Quotations

“Women must participate and contribute to all stages of the peace process, from conflict prevention to peace building, from peace building to recovery and development.” (UNDP, Oct. 25, 2010; photo UNDP)

Patricia Guerrero Acevedo

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Overview

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Patricia Guerrero Acevedo born Bucaramanga, Colombia May 28, 1956. Colombian jurist; militant human rights activist; delegate to Women Cross DMZ for Korea peace 2015; founded League of Displaced Women 1999 and City of Women dedicated to nonviolence, negotiation and solidarity 2003.

Quotations

“We women are compelled to redefine everything, And we claim our space in this world to which we belong. We women are an irrefutable force, a living and deep river of blood, carriers of utopia. Our strength is our stubbornness, our invincible resistance.” (pats-eduent.net; photo nobel women’s initiative)

Aleida Guevara

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Overview

Aleida Guevara born Havana, Cuba November 24, 1960. Cuban pediatrician; communist; two years in Angola saving lives of children in postwar chaos; also served in Ecuador and Nicaragua.

Quotations

“There is no peace in real meaning in the world, if there is poverty and death in lack of doctors and medicines.” (Japan Times, May 31, 2008)

On visit to Hiroshima: “As a pediatrician as well, I was overcome by a feeling of helplessness wondering why the lives of the children could not have been spared. The use of nuclear weapons is absolutely unacceptable. In order to abolish nuclear weapons, people must engage in dialogue and apply pressure on nuclear weapons states.” (hiroshimapeacemedia.sp, June 2, 2008; photo alchetron.com)

Marie Guillot

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Marie Guillot born Damerey, Burgundy, France September 9, 1880 (d. 1934). French educator and organizer; pioneer in unionizing teachers. Pacifist, anarchist, socialist syndicalist, and feminist. Opposed World War I; prophesied outcome of war.

Quotations

“[A] country like Germany cannot be annihilated and that war can only exasperate the faults of its public opinion. . . Let’s imagine Germany is defeated (could it be more defeated than France in 1870, and can we prevent a nation which wants to live to be reborn from its ashes?), okay, let’s admit it is. Chances of war will in no way be reduced.” (to Pierre Monatte, Dec. 29, 1914; photo Wikipedia)

Alice Gordon Gulick

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Alice Gordon Gulick born Boston, MA August 8, 1847 (d. 1903). Opposed Spanish-American War 1898; founded International Institute for Girls, San Sebastian, Spain 1887.

Quotations

"What is needed is the spirit of tolerance, of appreciation of that which is good, at the same time that we deprecate the bad." (1898, in Elizabeth Gordon, Alice Gordon Gulick, p. 149, 1971; photo Mt. Holyoke College)

Neha Gupta

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Overview

Neha Gupta born New Zealand May 23, 1996. American humanitarian. Founded Empowering Orphans at the age of nine, 2005; International Children’s Peace Prize 2014.

Quotations

“When you look at the world, you see so much discrepancy between what you have and what others do not. There are many more poor people than rich people. You should not only sympathise with people, you have to empathise, and turn ideas into action.”  (International Children’s Peace Prize, 2014; photo girlslife.com)

Ruchira Gupta

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Overview

Ruchira Gupta born Kolkata, India January 7, 1964. Leading Indian sex traffic abolitionist; journalist; nonviolent activist. Founded Apne Aap Women Worldwide, 2002.

Quotations

In support of the Occupy movement: “As a citizen of India, and as a citizen of the world we all inhabit, I offer one of Gandhi's most basic ideas: Positive acts are contagious. They balance the negative protests that are vital, too, they teach us how to live, and they show us what a just government could do.” (The Guardian, Dec. 21, 2011; photo trustwomenconf.org)

Eliza P. Gurney

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Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney born Philadelphia, PA April 6, 1801 (d. 1881). Quaker minister and preacher of pacifism. Despite support of President Lincoln, opposed Civil War military service. Co-founded Earlham College, 1847.

Quotations

"[President Lincoln] may be made an instrument in hastening the coming of that glorious day. . . when swords shall be beaten into pruning-hooks, when nation shall no longer lift up sword against nation, nor the people learn war any more. What a glorious transition would be witnessed here, from a scene of desolation and sorrow and suffering to one of peace and joy and love!" (Oct. 26, 1862 speech at White House)

Elizabeth Gwaunza

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Elizabeth Gwaunza born Zimbabwe June 15, 1953. Judge of International Criminal Court (ICTY) sentenced Croatian Gen. Ante Gotovina 24 years in prison.

Quotations

"Gotovina’s order to unlawfully attack civilians and civilian objects amounted. . . to a significant contribution to the joint criminal enterprise." (April 15, 2011 judgment; photo ICTY)

Rosalia Gwis-Adami

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Overview

Rosalia Gwis-Adami born Edolo, Italy July 30, 1880 (d. 1930). Italian peace leader; novelist and journalist; co-founded pacifist Society of Young Italian Women 1909; supported European unity and League of Nations.

Quotations

"There are not two moralities—one for nations and one for individuals." ("Peace and Education." 1902; photo University of Chicago)

Tsering Dolma Gyaltong

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Overview

Tsering Dolma Gyaltong born Lhasa, Tibet September 28, 1929. Member, International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. Founding member, Tibetan Women's Association, reestablished 1984.

Quotations

"I think it's important that we have an organization that speaks for peace and for the well being of all that the Grandmothers are able to pass along these teachings to the next generation." (nativevillage.com; photo oneprayer4.zenfolio.com)