Helen Chenevix

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Helen Chenevix born Blackrock, Ireland November 13, 1886 (d. 1963). Irish suffragist, Quaker, and trade union leader. Worked for world peace and nuclear disarmament with partner Louie Bennett in WILPF, Fellowship of Reconciliation, and Irish Pacifist League. Gave refuge to Jews, 1937; postwar vice president of Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. (photo with Louie Bennett, wikicommons)