Ada James
/Overview
Ada Lois James born Richland Center, WI March 23, 1876 (d. 1952). Leading Wisconsin suffragist and progressive reformer. Active in WILPF, War Resisters League. Supported League of Nations. Staunch pacifist, critic of wartime work like Red Cross. Opposed both world wars; against National Guard, ROTC, and state militia.
Quotations
On the Red Cross: “[It] makes me actually sick. . . the psychology of women who respond to war work when they never are interested in other forms of patriotic service.” (Linda K. Schott, Reconstructing Women’s Thoughts, 1997, p. 71; photo Danish Peace Academy)