Yvonne Logan

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Overview

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Yvonne Logan (née Westrate) born Holland, MI December 8, 1919 (d. 2017). Peace activist. President, US WILPF, 1981-85. Co-founded St. Louis Peace Center, 1975; it later became World Community Center, where she served as director. Led Baby Tooth Survey of nuclear fallout, 1958; AFSC draft counselor in Vietnam War. Multiple arrests for antiwar protests.

Quotations

“I just got this conversion moment that I was going to spend my life on this issue, and I have.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jun. 28, 2017; photo legacy.com)