Women peacemakers born today

1878 Emmy Freundlich born Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic (d. 1948). Austrian Social Democratic politician. Pacifist; suffragist; leader of cooperative movement. Member of Austrian National Assembly, 1919-20. Only woman to serve on League of Nations Economics Committee, 1928.
1878 Marie-Elisabeth Lüders born Berlin, Germany (d. 1966). Leading German feminist. First woman to earn PhD in political science in Germany. Member of Weimar Reichstag 1919-21, 1924-30; Bundestag, 1953-61. Arrested and censored by Nazi regime, 1937.
1881 Crystal Eastman born Marlborough, MA (d. 1928). Pacifist Socialist; feminist attorney; founded Woman's Peace Party 1915; co-founded American Union Against Militarism 1914; co-founded National Civil Liberties Bureau (CLB), predecessor of ACLU 1917.
1909 Sucheta Kripalani born Ambala, Haryana (d. 1974). Gandhian women's leader in nonviolent independence campaign; drafter of Indian constitution; first woman state chief minister 1963.
1926 Margaret Anstee born Chelmsford, Essex, England. Diplomat. 41 years service to UN, 1952-93. First woman to head UN peacekeeping mission, Angola, 1992.
1945 Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick born Detroit, MI. Six-term U.S. Representative 1997-2011; Chaired Black Caucus 2007-09; opposed war in Iraq 2002; Delegate to Nairobi UN Women's Conference 1996.
1990 Pippa Gardner born Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England. Girl Guide who founded campaign Stop the violence. Speak out for girls’ rights.

Women's peacemaking on this day

1909 Marion Wallace-Dunlop charged with damage to stone wall of House of Commons, for rubber-stamping it in suffrage protest.
1917 First jail sentences for six suffragists picketing White House; refusing $25 fine, they said, "Not a dollar of your fine will we pay, To pay a fine would be an admission of guilt. We are innocent."
1944 Maria Chinchilla Recinos killed in nonviolent teachers' strike Church of St. Francis, Guatemala City, followed by overthrow of dictator.
1952 1000 women protested at UN: “No Third Year of War in Korea.”
1961 US branch of Canadian Voice of Women established Cleveland.
1981 Supreme Court ruling in Rostker v. Goldberg victory against drafting women.
1982 Women of Grassroots Group of Second Class Citizens wrote names of Governor and anti-ERA representatives in blood on floor of Illinois legislature.
2013 Diane Wilson arrested for unlawful entry as she jumped the White House fence to deliver a letter to President Obama; given 3 month suspended sentence.
2014: Assassination of Libyan human rights lawyer Salwa Bugaighis, Benghazi.