Jean Claire Gore

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Overview

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Jean Claire Gore born Chicago, IL November 15, 1925. Began program Reading to End Racism; chaired Jane Addams book Award, 1989-93. National President, WILPF, 1993-96. Mission to USSR, 1983; exchange visits to China, 1988. Called for peaceful resolution of Cuba crisis, 1996. Opposed Vietnam War; protested nuclear missiles, 2003.

Quotations

“We have met to help end the nuclear arms race and return to détente.” (USSR trip, 1983)

On Cuba: “WILPF has long been a proponent of citizen diplomacy, to build bridges of peace and friendship between the peoples of nations in conflict.” (Dec. 27, 1996; photo On the neutron trail)