Peg Mullen

Overview

Margaret “Peg” Mullen (née Goodyear) born Pocahontas, IA June 11, 1917 (d. 2009). Antiwar activist and WILPF member. Mother of draftee soldier killed by friendly fire, Vietnam, 1970. Took out two half-page newspaper ads depicting 719 crosses to memorialize Iowans killed in the Vietnam War. Published autobiography Unfriendly Fire: A Mother's Memoir, 1995. Opposed Gulf, Iraq, Afghan wars.

Quotations

“We have been dying for nine long, miserable years in Vietnam in an undeclared war. . . How many more lives do you wish to sacrifice because of your SILENCE?” (ad placed in Des Moines Register, April 12, 1970)