Helena Swanwick

Overview

Helena Swanwick (née Sickert) born Munich, Bavaria June 13, 1864 (d. 1939). British internationalist, feminist, pacifist; delegate to League of Nations 1924, where she was first woman to speak on international politics; opposed World War I; leader of WILPF.

Quotations

"Women do, I believe, hate war more fervently than men and this is not because they are better than men, or wiser, but because war hits them much harder and has very little to offer in return." (Roots of War, p. 405, 1938; photo spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk)