Barbara Wiedner

Overview

Barbara Wiedner born Superior, WI December 16, 1928 (d. 2002). Catholic opponent of nuclear weapons; repeated arrests for nonviolent civil disobedience; founded Grandmothers for Peace, 1982.

Quotations

"I hope people will not think we are encouraging people to break the law, But our actions should teach people, and children, to scrutinize laws against human life, and they should be broken to prove a point." (May 11, 1982; photo http://bit.ly/yyxE6r)