Muriel Duckworth

Muriel Helen Duckworth was a Canadian pacifist, feminist, and social and community activist. She was a practising Quaker, a religious denomination committed to non-violence. Duckworth maintained that war, with its systematic violence against women and children, is a major obstacle to social justice. She argued that money spent on armaments perpetuates poverty while reinforcing the power of privileged elites. She believed that "war is stupid" and she steadfastly refused to accept popular distinctions between "good" and "bad" wars.

31 October 1908

Born on the same birth day (31 October): Adelbert Ames • Alphonso Ford • Andrew Sarris • Andrew Volstead • Anna Geifman • Charles Lavigerie • Charles Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham • Chiang Kai-shek • Constance Savery • Dan Wood (ice hockey) • Dermot Mulroney • Fabio Celestini • Irina Denezhkina • Joe West (umpire) • John Giannini • Kate Campbell • Larry Mullen Jr. • Mats Näslund • Michael Kitchen • Phil Goyette • Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler • Selina Jen • Susan Orlean • Wang Yangming • Zaha Hadid

Born in the same month (October 1908): Arturo Frondizi • Gotthard Handrick • Harry Hooton • Ilya Frank • Patsy Montana • Stuart Hamblen • Wally Prigg