Mary Heaton Vorse

Overview

Mary Heaton Vorse born New York, NY October 11, 1874 (d. 1966). Journalist; novelist and poet; labor organizer; Socialist and pacifist. Opposed World War I; co-founder of Pacifist Women's Party, 1915; delegate and reporter at International Congress of Women at The Hague, 1915.

Quotations

"No one can be a pacifist without being ready to fight for peace and die for peace." (The Hague, April 27, 1915; passport photo 1917 wiki pd)