Happenings
- POTW exhibit at WSU through April 5, 2013
- POTW exhibit in Portland May 3 - June 14, 2013
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Women peacemakers born today
- 1882 Hélène Monastier born Payerne, Switzerland (d. 1976). Quaker; co-founder of first nonviolent peace corps, Service Civil International (SCI), 1920, whose motto is "Deeds, not words."
- 1934 Sissela Ann Myrdal Bok born Stockholm, Sweden. Nonviolent philosopher; daughter of Nobel prize winner Alva Myrdal.
Women's peacemaking on this day
- 1949 UN Convention on Suppression of Traffic in Women approved by General Assembly.
- 1955 Prof. Jo Ann Robinson organized Montgomery bus boycott.
- 1982 First performance of "Missile America Contest" at Westlake Mall, Seattle.
- 1987 Carmen Mendieta and two other women leaders blown up by Contra mine near Piawas, Nicaragua.
- 1990 First Clothesline Project Hyannis by Rachel Carey-Harper.
- 2011 Six FEMEN women made topless protest at Euro games, Kiev.
- 2011 Norma Andrade, founder of "Our Daughters Return Home" shot in Ciudad, Juarez.
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