Jindřiška Wurmová

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Jindřiška Wurmová (née Fleischer) born Rovečné, Moravia, Austro-Hungary February 8, 1864 (d. 1953). Czech pacifist feminist; author and translator; co-founder and chair Brno Chečicky Peace Society 1912-30; early follower of Nobelist Bertha von Suttner 1904; postwar membership in International Peace Council Geneva , World Women 's Union, League of Nations for Women ,WILPF; wrote a dozen works on peace, including a Peace Reader (1913); signed War Resisters League Manifesto against Conscription 1926. (photo myheritage.cz)