Greta Stendahl

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Greta Stendahl born Karlsborg, Sweden March 11, 1883 (d. 1968). Quaker pacifist, peace activist, and suffragist. Swedish pioneer of peace education. WILPF leader. President, Swedish schools Peace Association; leader of Nordic teachers' peace covenant. Co-founded first peace education society, whose purpose was "to promote the creation of the ethical and social spirit which must form the necessary basis for the relationship between peoples," 1916. Aided refugees during World War II. (1934 photo Bla Boken Nykterhetsfolkets Kalender)