Mary Smeltzer
Peace activist, teacher at Manzanar, and manager of resettlement-era hostels in Chicago and New York.
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Fanny Fligelman Brin
Fanny Fligelman Brin devoted her life to the causes of world peace, democracy, social justice, and Jewish welfare.
Katherine Morey
Suffragist, pacifist, leader of the National Woman’s Party in Massachusettsroughout the United States.
Sabrene Odeh
Palestinian-American activist
Aki Kurose
A teacher and activist, Aki Kurose spent her life advocating for education and social justice through pacifism. Through her beliefs in peace and nonviolence, she worked towards the betterment of her community, advocated for desegregation, and strove to improve education.
Rita Smith
Lifelong political activist in New Zealand
René Shadbolt
New Zealand civilian and military nurse, hospital matron and political activist
Joan Baez
Folk singer and social rights activist Joan Baez uses her voice to advance social change.
Mitsu Yashima
Japanese-American artist, children’s book author, and civic activist who worked with the OSS (predecessor to the CIA)
Rosika Schwimmer
Rosika Schwimmer was a Hungarian peace activist, suffragist, and feminist.