Janet N. Neuman

Overview

Janet N. Neuman born New York October 14, 1894 (d. 1992). Peace activist poet; co-founder Women Strike for Peace 1961; WILPF leader; idea of laying WSP wreath honoring suffrage founders at Capitol during HUAC hearings 1962; Art for World Friendship exchanged children’s art; poem supporting Vietnam Veterans Against War.

Quotations

“Might is not always right.” (Washington Post, May 19, 1975)