Belva Ann Lockwood
/Overview
Belva Ann Lockwood born Royalton, NY October 24, 1830 (d. 1917). Absolute pacifist; second female candidate for President, 1884, 1888; executive of Universal Peace Union; US delegate to Geneva conference on corrections, 1896; opposed Spanish-American war; advocated arbitration.
Quotations
"If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war."
"Let women have equal rights and with their pacific influence wars shall be unknown." (Peacemaker, Jan. 1888: 13; portrait by Lois Hatcher 1986)