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
- 1813 Ann Terry Greene Phillips born Boston, MA (d. 1886). Nonviolent abolitionist; converted husband Wendell to cause of abolition, of which he became major orator and leader with Garrison; delegate to 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention, London.
- 1874 Elizabeth Washburn Wright born Minneapolis, MN (d. 1954). Internationalist; led anti-opium campaign, 1908; US delegate to Opium Convention, 1924.
- 1919 Polly Mann born St. Paul, MN. Founded Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), 1982; opposed nuclear arms, terrorism, and wars in Central America, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
- 1934 Jackie Hudson born Saginaw, MI (d. 2011). Dominican nun; led nonviolent protests against war and nuclear weapons for 30 years; repeatedly arrested; spent six months in prison.
- 1941 Gwendolyn T. Britt born Washington, DC. (d. 2008). Freedom Rider; arrested Jackson, MS, 1961; spent 40 days in prison; elected Maryland senator, 2002.
- 1955 Achta Saker Abdoul born Sarh, Chad. Judge at Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal, 2003.
Women's peacemaking on this day
- 1919 Rozika Schwimmer appointed first-ever female ambassador, for Hungary to Switzerland.
- 2000 Sister Dorothy Hennessy arrested for School of Americas protest; sentenced to six months prison.
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