Hannah Mitchell

Overview

Hannah Mitchell (née Webster) born Hope Woodlands, England February 11, 1872 (d. 1956). British suffragist; feminist; orator. Democratic Socialist; pacifist; opposed World War I. Member of No Conscription Fellowship and WILPF; member of Manchester City Council, 1924-35; magistrate, 1926-1937.

Quotations

"All my life I had hated war. . . The idea of men killing each other had always seemed so hideous to me, that my first conscious thought after my baby was born was that he should be brought up to resist war. His father fully agreed with me in this resolve. Apart from the ethical point of view, we both believed that war in the main is a struggle for power, territory or trade, to be fought by the workers, who are always the losers." (Mitchell, The Hard Way Up; photo Spartacus Educational)