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
- 1885 Edith Terry Bremer born Hamilton, NY (d. 1964). Immigration expert; founded International Institute, a movement for cultural pluralism with efforts towards protection of immigrant girls, 1910.
- 1930 Felicia Langer born Tarnow, Poland. Israeli human rights attorney for Palestinians; recipient of Right Livelihood award, 1990.
- 1943 Svetlana Sotiroff MacDonald born Geneva, Switzerland. Canadian; Quaker pacifist; human rights lawyer; gay rights advocate.
- 1950 Jody Williams born Brattleborough, VT. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for landmine abolition, 1997; advocates abolition of all nuclear weapons.
Women's peacemaking on this day
- 1983 Women's Peace Camp started with Hunger Walk, Ann Arbor, MI.
- 1991 Women in Black founded anti-war protest in Belgrade.
- 2011 Yemeni women march in 3 cities to celebrate Tawakul Karman's Nobel Prize.
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