Helen Stevenson

Overview

Helen Stevenson (née Crosbie) born Pasadena, CA June 9, 1917 (d. 2009). Lifelong Quaker pacifist. Founded Argenta intentional community, a Canadian refuge for conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War; founded nonviolent Argenta Friends School, 1959.

Quotations

“Perhaps all that I can do—perhaps all that I have a right to do—is to be sure of my values and to be sure that my reason for action is not based on habit or on the preservation of my own self-image. I must be sure that my reasons for action are in the light of my innermost values, checked against the insights of history and of those whose insights I esteem.” (Friends Journal, Sep. 15, 1968; photo partingwishes.com)