Peggy Hope-Simpson
/Overview
Peggy Hope-Simpson born July 14, 1922. Quaker. Co-founded first women’s peace organization, Nova Scotia Voice of Women (VOW), Halifax, 1959. Voiced early opposition to Cold War and NATO; spoke against racism.
Quotations
"We all start off with a little spark of the divine, and it's there to be nurtured. We must respect that bit of divinity in others.You don't kill the sacred principle of life." (David Kattenburg, Peace Magazine, Aug. 1988, p. 30)
“Without Mother Earth how can we humans continue to be?” (Canadian Friend, Fall 2014, p. 19; photo youtube.com)