Florence Holbrook

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Florence Holbrook born Peru, IL May 30, 1860 (d. 1932). Chicago educator, poet, and suffragist; ardent pacifist. Delegate to Women's Peace Congress, 1915. American Peace Society, 1913. Sailed on Ford Peace Ship, 1915; John Dewey mission to Russia, 1928.

Quotations

“In your hands more than any other lies the future of the world. You must choose whether you will train the rising generation in the militaristic spirit that has engulfed Europe in death, desolation and misery or whether you will use your every endeavor to counteract the legacy of hate that will be bequeathed to the children and will teach them that only in the time of peace is the progress of the world possible.” (Florence Holbrook, Kate Blake, and Grace DeGraff, To the Teachers of All the World, 1915; portrait Univ. South Florida)