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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
British logician and philosopher
Mirabehn
Mirabehn
British-born activist
Hardie, drawing by Cosmo Rowe; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
J. Keir Hardie
British labor leader
Andrews, Fannie Fern Phillips
Fannie Fern Phillips Andrews
American pacifist and author
Schwimmer, Rosika
Rosika Schwimmer
Hungarian feminist and pacifist
Martin, Anne Henrietta
Anne Henrietta Martin
American reformer and educator
Kees Boeke
Dutch educator and author
Pierre Leroux
French philosopher
Thomas, Norman
Norman Thomas
American politician
Helmut von Gerlach
German journalist and politician
Kagawa Toyohiko
Kagawa Toyohiko
Japanese social reformer and author
Lansbury, oil painting by Sylvia Gosse; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
George Lansbury
British politician
Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr
American theologian
Martin Niemöller
Martin Niemöller
German theologian and pastor
Bertha, baroness von Suttner.
Bertha, baroness von Suttner
German author