Susie Stageberg

Overview

Susie Williamson Stageberg born Badger, IA January 30, 1877 (d. 1961). “Mother of the Farmer-Labor Party.” Took anti-militarist stand, 1922. Opposed World War II and Korean War.

Quotations

“It is heartbreaking to think how slowly we emerge from the jungle morass of mass violence. Men seem so definitely inclined to that type of prowess that we often wonder if one of the most effective cures for war will have to be the placing of the so-called 'weaker sex,' the mothers of the world, in the places of national authority and international diplomacy.” (Louise Tilly, Women, Politics and Change, 1993, p. 450; photo mnopedia.org)