November 28

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Women peacemakers born today

  • 1853 Helen Magill White born Providence, RI (d. 1944). Quaker educator; founder of Howard Collegiate Institute; first US woman to earn Ph.D., 1877; accompanied delegate husband to 1899 Hague Peace Conference, and diplomatic posts in Germany and Russia.

Women's peacemaking on this day

  • 1893 First National Election with women voting, New Zealand.

  • 1917 Suffragettes' Victory: all women released from prison, Washington DC.

  • 1988 “Occupation or Peace: A Feminist Perspective” conference, Jerusalem.

  • 2011 WOZA Women of Zimbabwe march on theme: "From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence against Women."

  • 2013 Two dozen women Cairo University students marched down main street Cairo to protest coup; one killed, others tear-gassed, water-cannoned, and arrested.