Carol McEldowney

Overview

Carol Cohen McEldowney born Brooklyn, NY April 5, 1943 (d. 1973). American peace activist; illegally visited Hanoi Oct. 1967 in reconciliation effort; published Hanoi Journal, 1967. Community organizer Students for a Democratic Society.

Quotations

Vietnam now suffers greatly as the object of the American war. What happens there is a result of American success or failure.” (Wiest, America and the Vietnam War)

“[The Vietnamese people] will continue the Revolutionary struggle till death. . . The truth is that the struggle for independence is woven into the blood and life-fabric of every man and woman.” (Hanoi Journal, 1967, p. 131; photo classcreator.com)