Ada Salter

Overview

Ada Salter (née Brown) born Raunds, Northamptonshire July 20, 1866 (d. 1942). British social reformer headed Bermondsey Settlement; Quaker pacifist; Christian Socialist; house was stoned for opposition to World War I and support of Non-Conscription Fellowship; WILPF founding member; postwar WILPF aid to German and Austrian refugees; first woman mayor in London 1922; environmental pioneer; opposed World War II.

Quotations

"A tremendous transformation was going to take place on this earth; and the injustices of the ages, the misery of the oppressed classes, and the sorrow of the poor, and the tyranny of the wealthy were going to be swept away forever. Nothing could stop that movement." (1914 Women's Labour League Conference, in Christine Collette, For Labour and For Women, p. 4, 2006; photo Spartacus Educational)