Fay Honey Knopp

Overview

Fay Honey Knopp born Bridgeport, CT August 15, 1918 (d. 1995). Quaker minister and peace activist. Gandhian pacifist; feminist; draft counselor; prison abolitionist; sexual abuse prevention pioneer. Founded Prison Research Education Action Program (PREAP), 1976. Organized Women Strike for Peace (WSP) protest against nuclear weapons, Geneva, 1962. Led Japanese Hiroshima survivors (hibakusha) on goodwill ambassadors' tour of US, 1964. Protested Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968. WSP delegate to Paris Peace Conference on Vietnam, 1971.

Quotations

"It is the heart of life to have a real meeting with another human being." (circle.fundpeace.org/HONEYKNOPP.doc; photo ATSA)