Muriel Lester was an English Christian pacifist who fought to help impoverished communities. She became a member of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and launched the movement that became the Save the Children Fund.
Category: Christianity
Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze
Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze was a German pastor and advocate for peace during both World Wars. During WWII he was exiled from Germany by the Nazis for helping Jewish refugees.
Wilfred Owen
Wildred Owen is considered by many to be the greatest poet coming out of WWI. As a soldier he wrote about the horrors and realities of trench warfare.
Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon was a leading British WWI poet who used stark realism to describe the horror and misery of the war. He also greatly influenced the writings of Wilfred Owen.
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
Cesar Chavez was an American labor organizer and civil rights activist who transformed fields, dirt roads, picket lines and supermarkets into sacred spaces.