Myrna Lamb

Overview

Myrna Lamb born Newark, NJ August 3, 1935. Feminist playwright led United Women's Contingent in massive protest of 500,000 against Vietnam War 1971.

Quotations

"[Women] have participated in and been key organizers of every antiwar march, just as we have been perhaps the most effective force in every movement for social change, in the history of the world. Most importantly, as long as this war continues, we cannot have the control over our lives which we need and are determined to have. As women, we constitute 53% of the population—we can be a powerful force in ending the war. Women in this country are challenging the right of the U.S. government to wage a war of slaughter and destruction in Indochina while it denies the needs of women at home." (April 24 flyer, Duke Univ. archives; photo doollee.com)