1931 — Jane Addams, social worker:
Addams was President of the International Women’s League for Peace and Freedom. She was expelled from the Daughters of the American Revolution for opposing World War I. Addams aided Herbert Hoover in his post-World War I relief efforts in Europe.
“The good we seek for ourselves is uncertain until it is secure for all of us”
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