Muriel Lester

Overview

Muriel Lester born Leytonstone, Essex, England December 9, 1893 (d. 1968). "Mother of World Peace"; pacifist writer and lecturer; Socialist; settlement worker. Opposed World Wars I & II as early member of Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1914; friend of Gandhi; interned by British in Trinidad, repatriated to Holloway prison in England, 1941.

Quotations

"The job of the peacemaker is to stop war." (1951, Richard Deats; photo levellers.wordpress)