September 19

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Women peacemakers born today

  • 1867 Mabel Hyde Kittredge born Boston, MA (d. 1955). Pacifist expert on homemaking; started school lunches NYC 1901; headed World War I child feeding program in France and Belgium for Hoover; Ford Peace ship 1915; co-founder of WILPF; mission to USSR 1920.

  • 1958 Amina Mama born Kaduna, Nigeria. African-American professor of women’s leadership; antiwar feminist. Chaired Global Fund for Women; strong opponent of US militarization of Africa.

Women's peacemaking on this day

  • 1893 New Zealand women won vote as result of Kate Sheppard's Monster Petition.

  • 2001 Neela Marikkar organized Stand for Peace, when one million Sri Lankans left their homes and offices to go outside, join hands and demonstrate for peace.

  • 2005 Fifteen women foreign ministers called for female participation in peacemaking.

  • 2014 The Things That Make for Peace: International Day of Peace Symposium, Church Center for UN.