Elisabeth Kirkby

Overview

Elisabeth Kirkby born Bolton, England January 26, 1921. Actress; Australian politician; protested nuclear tests and Vietnam War.

Quotations

"It is that nuclear weapons arsenal that is being tested in the South Pacific, and which is causing the genetic abnormalities. . . and we are part of the chain that is providing it." (NSW Legislature, Dec. 4, 1986)

"Men have never had the will to work for peace. This is another and even more important goal that women have set for themselves; they will have to pioneer in this field, too, if the world is to be safe for the men and women of the future." (Jocelynne Scott, Different Lives, p. 89; photo http://bit.ly/GzT1lK)