Jessie Wallace Hughan

Overview

Jessie Wallace Hughan born Brooklyn, NY December 25, 1875 (d. 1955). Radical pacifist; socialist; founder of Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1915; Anti-Enlistment League, 1915; War Resisters League, 1923; pioneer of civilian based defense, 1937.

Quotations

"A war is not like an earthquake or a tornado—it is an act of men and women. Wars will cease when men refuse to fight and women refuse to approve and allow." (Gioseffi, Women on War, p. 307; photo c. 1898 wikicommons pd)