Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
/Overview
Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit born Allahabad, India August 18, 1900 (d. 1991). Gandhian nonviolent resister, 1919; jailed for civil disobedience 1932, 1940, 1942; Vice President WILPF India chapter. First woman president UN General Assembly, 1953; ambassador to USSR, US, UK.
Quotations
"The more we sweat in peace, the less we bleed in war." (photo Wikipedia)