Celia M. Hunter

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Overview

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Celia M. Hunter born Arlington, WA January 13, 1919 (d. 2001). Quaker environmentalist and conservationist; woman pilot of warplanes during World War II. Assisted with postwar rebuilding in Finnish Lapland; won highest awards of Sierra Club and Wilderness Society.

Quotations

"[P]eople in the peace movement must join forces with environmental activists, and all who work for greater equality between women and men, between races, between the affluent nations and those living in poverty." (War Resisters League 1991 Peace Calendar, January 14; photo Wikipedia)