Florence Luscomb

Overview

Florence Hope Luscomb born Lowell, MA February 6, 1887 (d. 1985). Suffragist; leader of WILPF; MIT-educated architect. Ran for Congress opposing Truman's anti-communism; opposed McCarthyism, Vietnam War, nuclear warfare; considered herself a "citizen of the world."

Quotations

"I will not answer compulsory questions by government inquisitors into matters of my conscience and opinions. . . I have nothing to hide. . . But I cannot and will not tear up the Constitution and its guaranteed liberties, won with blood and tears. I cannot and will not be a party with you in destroying American democracy." (to Senate Commission, 1955; photo http://bit.ly/K4IMIU)