Annalee Stewart

Overview

Annalee Stewart (née Kyger) born Bloomington, IL February 17, 1900 (d. 1988). First woman Methodist minister 1924; WILPF national president, 1946-50; Legislative Secretary lobbyist, 1949-64; opposed Korean War, Vietnam War; questioned Cold War and Nato; co-chair WILPF Committee to Oppose Conscription of Women for World War II; opposed nuclear weapons, germ warfare; strong advocate of UN; delegate to First Inter-American Womens’ Conference, 1947.

Quotations

On NATO: “We fear the day when the major emphasis and money will go into military aid programs and rearmament and the spread of the kinds of weapons that were then being developed and it would be more difficult to get that which our organization has worked for since the beginning since Jane Addams proposed 49 years ago world disarmament under law.” (Aug. 18, 1964, Hearings of House Committee on Agreement for Cooperation, p. 63; photo Swarthmore.edu)