Frances Hoggan

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Overview

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Frances Hoggan (née Morgan) born Brecon, Wales December 20, 1843 (d. 1927). Social reformer; first European woman doctor. Celebrated first women’s peace petition in 17th century. Seconded peace resolution of Moral Reform Society, 1884. Spoke at first Universal Interracial Congress London, 1911. Contributor to NAACP’s Crisis on Negro progress. Promoted medical care of India’s women.

Quotations

“Only in the light and warmth of sympathetic appreciation and encouragement is it to be expected that the Negro race will do its best for the world. . . May the next half-century see many of its difficulties and hindrances removed and may a better understanding prevail between white and black in America, to their mutual advantage and to the furtherance of a brotherhood throughout the world.” (The Crisis, Feb. 1920, p. 176; photo wikipedia)

Estrid Hein

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Estrid Hein (née Hansen) born Øregaard, Denmark July 27, 1873 (d. 1956). First Danish woman ophthalmologist; suffragist and women’s rights activist. Active in League of Nations abolition of White Slave traffic, and protection of children.

Quotations

“In my capacity as a woman, I must say that I have always had a distrust of a society as organized by men. This distrust has grown with the war, and I feel that if the women of Europe had only more say in the governing of their countries this terrible slaughter of soldiers and civilians would have been avoided. We women may have our faults, yet it is our instinctive impulse to preserve our children from the cruelties and horrors of the battlefield. As a doctor, as a mother and a woman I am beginning to put the value of individual life before that of this terrible campaign.” (Jan. 1915, in Edward van Zile, The Game of Empires, p. 262; photo piethein.com)

Sarah Hipperson

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Sarah Hipperson born Glasgow, Scotland October 27, 1927 (d. 2018). Nurse midwife. Co-founded Catholic Peace Action, 1982. One of longest residents at Women’s Peace Camp Greenham, 1983-2002. Served 22 sentences, the longest for 28 days at Holloway Prison.

Quotations

“We have all been involved in the crime that presents itself as nuclear deterrent. The bottom line is that we will use weapons that are 80 per cent more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, in the case of Trident, as part of the defence policy of this country. . . As a Christian I have never been able to live with that.” (Ilford Recorder, Oct. 31, 2017; photo BBC news)

Idy Hegnauer

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Idy Hegnauer (née Häberling) born Zürich, Switzerland September 12, 1909 (d. 2006). Swiss Quaker humanitarian worker. Member of International Service Corps; aided Spanish Civil War refugees, 1937-38; Gaza relief, 1948-50; India and Pakistan, 1950-51; Greece, 1954-55; Algeria, 1958-60.

Quotations

“A life dedicated to fellow human beings. . . can also be enriching and personal fulfillment, and lead to inner maturity.” (autobiog. In Service Civil International archives “so hat es begonnen”; photo SCI archives)

Philippine van Heerdt tot Eversberg-Quarles van Ufford

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Philippine van Heerdt tot Eversberg-Quarles van Ufford born Ketandan, Java, Dutch East Indies December 5, 1862 (d. 1939). Dutch peace activist, feminist, and artist. President, World Union of Women for International Peace, 1937. Leader of Society for League of Nations and Peace. (photo het biografische ortraat)

Alice Mary Higgins

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Alice Mary Higgins born Galway, Ireland June 17, 1975. Irish Senator who formed Oireachtas Neutrality, Peace and Disarmament group in Irish parliament.

Quotations

“Ireland needs to value and reaffirm the neutrality which has underpinned our proud record of multilateralism, our historic role in disarmament and our international reputation as credible peacekeepers and peace brokers.” (July 5, 2018)

“Peace building is not passive, its hard work, and Ireland is respected, credible and effective internationally. . . We are respected, introduced nuclear non-proliferation treaty, won global ban on cluster bombs, mediated in Colombia.” (Dec. 9, 2017; photo twitter.com)

Lina Haag

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Lina Haag (née Jäger) born Gschwend, Baden-Württemberg, Germany January 20, 1907 (d. 2012). German resistance leader; communist. Twice imprisoned, 1933, 1933-38.

Quotations

“What is the authority of the State, the power of the State? Terror. . . horror and fear of that State are its power and authority. It is true that I stood out against that power and authority.” (Sybil Oldfield, Thinking Against the Current, p. 182; photo stehsatz.com)

Nina Hagen

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Nina Hagen (née Catharina Hagen) born East Berlin, German Democratic Republic March 11, 1955. German singer, songwriter, actress; “Godmother of Punk”; antiwar, anti-nuclear; active protest on Iraq War; funded Afghan relief with song of sadness.

Quotations

“We are the people of a good spirit, the people of love, the people of peace and freedom. And that's what we have to fight for now, with the only weapon that is really good: with our love.” (“I prefer peace”, Feb. 2, 2002)

There's going to be a big disaster
(Nobody understands, you I hope)
Gonna be war, war number three
(Dennis, Tom)
Going to be a war, something I know it, I know already,
(Sigmund Freud, I confide)
I know it now already, I can feel it though already.
Moscow's gonna become
(One day we will be free)
Washington's going to be number two
(We will be for labor day)
Big big big big disaster's gonna come
(One day we will be free)

(“Born in Xixax”; photo pinterest)

Gisele Halimi

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Gisèle Halimi (née Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb) born La Goulette, Tunisia July 27, 1927. French-Tunisian human rights lawyer; feminist activist. Along with Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre, among others, presided over war crimes tribunal, condemning American actions in Vietnam as war crimes of genocide and torture, 1967. Defended Algerian nationalist Djamila Boupacha, who had been tortured by the French, 1960. Publicly condemned Algeria War, specifically French torture of Algerian citizens, 1961. Founded feminist reproductive freedom organization Choisir, 1971.

Quotations

“[W]hat is important to me: the defense of the physical and moral integrity of individuals, the rights of the human person, the fight against torture, the fight against colonialism.” (interview http://bf.8ethique.free.fr/8halimi.htm; photo mémoites algériennes.com)

Constanze Hallgarten

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Constanze Hallgarten born Leipzig, Germany September 12, 1881 (d. 1969). Leading German Jewish pacifist; co-founded WILPF; leader of German Peace Cartel (DFK); organized Munich Peace Exhibition 1927; exiled by Hitler.

Quotations

"How much less dangerous way to live, to go along with the herd and thoughtless old tradition, rather than swim against the tide for ones beliefs and to become an 'outcast' with all its results." (Pacifist in Germany, 1940; photo Europeana)

Tarja Halonen

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Tarja Halonen born Helsinki, Finland December 24, 1943. Pacifist; Finnish Foreign Minister, 1995-2000; active peacemaking in Northern Ireland; President of European Union, 1999; first female president of Finland, 2000; opposed military alliances incl. NATO.

Quotations

"Human rights belong to everybody—men and women, boys and girls. Nevertheless, our sisters throughout the world often have to face difficult problems in conditions of extreme insecurity. In many places, the violence experienced by women and girls in war and other conflicts is becoming increasingly serious." (June 6, 2007)

"Lasting peace can only be built through open dialogue between cultural and religious communities, in our countries and worldwide." (UN Gen. Assembly, Oct. 10, 2009; photo wiki)

Birgitta Hambraeus

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Birgitta Hambraeus born April 11, 1930. Member of Swedish Parliament, 1971-98. Initiated Centre Party opposition to nuclear power 1973; third-generation WILPF member, granddaughter of founding member Ruth Randall Edstrőm. Spent seven years as head of Swedish WILPF, opposing Iraq War, 2002; environmental activist; jury member, Right Livelihood Award.

Quotations

“Like many Swedes, I do believe in the good intentions and noble ideals of the United States. . . But I have been also aware that the effect impact of the U.S. foreign policy on the Third World is frequently destructive.” (“History of the Living Future Project,” p. 3; photo beta.riksdage.se)

Eugenie Hamer

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Eugénie Hamer born Louvain, Belgium November 15, 1875. Belgian pacifist; journalist; from military family; co-founder of Belgian Alliance of Women for Peace through Education, 1906; WILPF founding member, 1915; inserted peace with justice into final resolution.

Quotations

"We cannot admit that peace be concluded before justice is done." (WILPF Report, 1915, p. 135)

Mary Agnes Hamilton

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Mary Agnes “Molly” Hamilton (née Adamson) born Withington, Manchester, England July 8, 1882 (d. 1966). Suffragist; pacifist opposed to WWI. Co-founded and helped draft constitution for antiwar Union for Democratic Control (UDC), 1914. Published controversial novel Dead Yesterday, offering women’s view of war, 1916. Member of Parliament, 1928-31; delegate to League of Nations 1929, 1930; advocated League sanctions on Italy, 1935. BBC broadcaster on politics for women.

Quotations

“Tears filled Daphne’s eyes as she thought of the hundreds of thousands of men in Europe leaving just such homes and fields. . . to go out, filled with love for them and hatred for their brothers. . . to kill and be killed; and of fields like these all trampled underfoot and stained with blood, under the same tranquil sky.” (Dead Yesterday, p. 224; photo openlibrary.org)

Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon

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Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Lady Aberdeen (née Marjoribanks) born London, England March 15, 1857 (d. 1939). Suffragist and social activist. President, International Council of Women, which promoted internationalism and peace, 1893-99, 1904-20, 1922-36. Undertook mission to Paris Peace conference to open League of Nations staff to women.

Quotations

“We women of this day are learning a new patriotism—we are learning to covet for our countries that they shall emulate one another as to which can do the most for the god of thw world, and as to which can do the most to maintain the peace of the world.” (Aberdeen. Report of Transactions of ICW, 1899, in Heloise Brown, The Truest Form of Patriotism, p. 155)

“And we women to whom has been committed the trust of mothering the world must rid ourselves of fear—and unite together in all countries to protect and save the human race.” (ICW presidential address, Dubrovnik, 1936; photo thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)