Selma Meyer

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Sara Cato (Selma) Meyer born Amsterdam, The Netherlands July 6, 1890 (d. 1941). Dutch employment agency head; feminist; pacifist. Secretary, Pacifist Women’s League; WILPF affiliate. Aided refugees from Germany and Spanish Civil War. Co-founded National Peace Center (NVC), 1936. Joined World War II resistance; arrested, 1940. Died a prisoner, Berlin. (photo Wikipedia)