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): Annabella Lwin • Antonio Davis • Charles Lavigerie • Colm Ó Cíosóig • Dale Brown (basketball) • Edmund Sharpe • Ian Stevenson • John Giannini • John Keats • Julia Peterkin • Leonor, Princess of Asturias • Mari Jungstedt • Mart Helme • Muzzy Izzet

Born in the same month (October 1908): Ann Petry • Arturo Frondizi • Carmen Dillon • Carole Lombard • Enver Hoxha • František Douda • Geirr Tveitt • Harry Hooton • Hjördis Petterson • John Gould (columnist) • Joshua Logan • Lee Wiley • Niyazi Berkes • Patsy Montana • Polly Ann Young • Red Rolfe • Wally Prigg • Werner von Haeften