Priscilla Hannah Peckover

Overview

Priscilla Hannah Peckover born Wisbech, England October 27, 1833 (d. 1931). Quaker; absolute pacifist; pioneering British peace leader; founder of Women's Local Peace Association, 1879; founder of annual Peace Sunday. Learned 16 languages to communicate peace.

Quotations

"It is the duty of all who love the King to work for peace, by substituting righteousness for violence, guile, or self-assertion in a national sense." (Peace To-day 25 April 1900; photo Danish Peace Acad.)