Madeleine Vernet
/Overview
Madeleine Vernet born Le Houlme, Normandy, France September 3, 1878 (d. 1949). French journalist, poet and teacher; anarchist, militant pacifist who opposed all wars; founded League of Women Against War 1921; started Volonté de Paix 1927; promoted conscientious objection.
Quotations
Mothers, sacred cradle of humanity
Sow, sow love and brotherhood
("Poem To Mothers!" March 1916)
"Peace is not merely the absence of war, it is also material security." (March 19, 1918, in Sandi Cooper, "French Feminists." Peace & Change, p. 24, Jan. 2011; photo estelnegre.org)