Simonne Monet-Chartrand

Overview

Simonne Monet-Chartrand born Montreal, Canada November 4, 1919 (d. 1993). Canadian peace leader; feminist; social reformer; opposed Second World War, Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War and Gulf War. Co-founded pacifist organization La Voix des Femmes, 1960; organized peace train, Ottawa, 1962; co-founded Movement for Nuclear Disarmament. Published Hope and the Challenge of Peace, 1988.

Quotations

On being called a fanatic: "Christ was a fanatic and that anybody who ever accomplished anything for his country was a fanatic." (Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 2, 1979, p. 20; photo literature.org)