Addie Waites Hunton

Overview

Addie Waites Hunton born Norfolk, VA June 11, 1866 (d. 1943). Black suffragist, peace activist, author, educator, organizer; organized Pan-African Congress 1927; member of mission to Haiti 1926 which influenced US military evacuation; founded Women's International Circle for Peace and Foreign Relations 1927; executive board of WILPF.

Quotations

"In France, war, with its mystery of pain and suffering, was over all. Everywhere were evidence of its mutilation and destruction of life and home. Everywhere there was exhausting work and deep loneliness. . . an environment of death and desolation." (Two Colored Women with the AEF, p.141, 1920; photo flickr.com)