Karen Tse born Cleveland, OH October 20, 1964. International human rights lawyer; UN Judicial Mentor to Cambodia, 1994; founded International Bridges to Justice, 2000.
"The hope for the human world lies in the human heart." (US News, July 30, 2006; photo Scripps College)
Kiyomi Tsujimoto born Nara, Japan April 26, 1960. Japanese politician; peace activist co-founder Peace Boat 1983; Social Democrat member of parliament 1993ff. Led opposition to militarization; favored dialog with North Korea; opposed Okinawa base.
“I don’t want to be a Japanese. I want to be an international person.” (Ampontan, Aug. 1, 2011)
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman born Manhattan, NY January 30, 1912 (d. 1989). Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Her book The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam examined the tragedy of war, 1984.
"War is the unfolding of miscalculations." (The Guns of August, 1962; photo Wikipedia)
Barbara Grace Tucker born Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia March 19. Peace activist; 7 years in Parliament Square protest London against Iraq War 2005; arrested 47+ times. Mostly for “unauthorized demonstration”; 2 weeks in prison 2008; 9 weeks in Holloway Prison 2011; suffered exposure when denied shelter 2012 she slept in chair until that was taken; 30-day hunger strike 2012-3.
“The people must—always—be able to peacefully campaign outside Parliament, 'for as long as it takes', to protect life.” (Brianhaw TV, Jan. 25, 2015; photo Wikipedia)
C. Delores Tucker (née Nottage) born Philadelphia, PA October 4, 1927 (d. 2005). Civil rights leader; founded Martin Luther King, Jr. Association for Non-Violence, 1968; opponent of gangsta rap. (photo http://bit.ly/xHE01s)
Corin Tucker born Eugene, OR November 9, 1972. Antiwar singer-guitarist; formed indie rock band Sleater-Kinney, 1994; protested Iraq War.
Where is the questioning, where is your protest song?
Since when is skepticism unamerican?
Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same.
("Combat Rock" from Peace Not War, 2002; photo corinbio.)
Sadžida Tulić born Libya August 7, 1986. Bosnian human rights lawyer. Aided refugees from Syrian War.
“You have to care. There is humanitarian work to be done, but this is not just a humanitarian issue; it is the result of national policies. You have to take sides—to speak the truth, even if your voice shakes; to stand on the right side of history. The people I worked with have suffered terribly, but they still want to live.” (quote and photo, Nobel Women’s Initiative, Dec. 6, 2016)
Sarah Turner (née Manski) born Beloit, WI November 14, 1978. Pacifica Radio antiwar journalist; labor organizer; green advocate. (photo Wiki)
Florence Guertin Tuttle born Brooklyn, NY July 23, 1869 (d. 1951). Internationalist; feminist and suffragist; author of Alternatives to War 1931; Women’s Peace Party member opposing World War I; Chaired Women's Pro-League Council 1920; birth-control leader; popular speaker on disarmament and international organization; delegate to Geneva Disarmament Conference 1932.
"Women must create a new attitude toward war by refusing ever again to acquiesce in this evil—the desecration of motherhood and the pollution of the race at its fountain source." (Florence Tuttle, Women and World Federation, p. 187, 1919; 1909 photo Sophia Smith Coll.)
Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez born San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala October 14, 1956. Guatemalan indigenous Kaqchikel Mayan activist; founded National Association of Guatemalan Widows (CONAVIGUA) 1988; elected to Congress 1995; headed National Reparations Commission 2004; Niwano Peace Prize 2012.
"We women are pushing the culture of peace and not the culture of war because it's not just about militarization. What also affects us is this economic vision of development that does not respect life, Mother Earth or culture. Many of our cultural rights are now being violated three times more than during the armed conflict." (UN, May 17, 2016, Michael Astor AP; photo rissho kosei-kai)
Yulia Tymoshenko (née Hryhyan) born Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine November 27, 1960. Led Orange Revolution, 2004; first female Ukrainian Prime Minster, 2005, 2007-2010.
"Making use of force is not a sign of strength, it’s rather a sign of weakness. . . It’s up to women to break out of these unhealthy traditions and dogmas and lead people down a different path." (Brussels, March 6, 2008; photo Yulia T blog)
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