Marian Fleming Harwood

Overview

Marian Fleming Harwood (née Reid) born Grenoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland March 9, 1846 (d. 1934). Australian linguist, scholar, and peace activist. Co-founded Sydney Peace Society, 1907. Delegate to Stockholm Peace Conference, 1910. Founding editor of journal Pax, 1912. Supported League of Nations; quietly opposed World War I. Endowed children’s peace prize.

Quotations

“[A]rms will never lead to peace, and that we must appeal to reason and justice rather than to force.” (Pax, Aug. 1914; photo dictionaryofSydney.org)