Dorothy R. Steffens

Overview

Dorothy R. Steffens born NY May 5, 1921 (d. 1999) Quaker economist. Executive Director of US WILPF, 1971-77. Led peace delegation to Hanoi, 1971; headed delegation to Chile to investigate allegations of Pinochet regime's human rights abuses, 1973; led peace mission to Northern Ireland, 1974. Organized Women's Disarmament Conference at UN, 1975; attended Vietnam peace accord, Paris, 1975.

Quotations

"We witnessed the almost total destruction of this largest medical center in Vietnam. With 940 beds and 250 doctors, this teaching hospital was the pride of the Vietnamese. . . It is our hope that the American people will wish to make a tangible expression of reconciliation and good will to the people of Vietnam by rebuilding Bad Mai Hospital." (Westport Fairpress, March 7, 1973)