Ellen Key

Overview

Ellen Key born Västervik, Sweden December 11, 1849 (d. 1926). Feminist peace leader; advocated "scientific pacifism" to use innate female compassion to end war.

Quotations

"Everything, everything in war is barbaric. . . But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being." (War, Peace and the Future, 1916; photo c.1915 wikicommons pd)