Alexandra Tolstoy

Overview

Alexandra Tolstoy born Yasnaya Polyana, Russia June 30, 1884 (d. 1979). Youngest daughter and favorite disciple of nonviolent theorist Leo Tolstoy. Founded Tolstoy Foundation which helped 500,000 refugees, including Rachmaninov and Nabokov, 1939; arrested five times by Soviets.

Quotations

"[We can] help the world and make it better, and maybe to help the people who are enslaved regain freedom and live again like normal beings." (speech at Nenry George School, New York, July 1961; photo Wikipedia)