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Dekha Ibrahim Abdi

Dekha during a meeting with AFSC staff in Philadelphia.

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Dekha Ibrahim Abdi promoted peaceful solutions to conflict by sharing her own experience of violence in her Kenyan community. 

Connie Curry

As AFSC's Southern Field Representative, Connie Curry worked closely with the Carter family in Mississippi to desegregate public schools.

Saralee Hamilton

Saralee Hamilton ran the National Women's Program from 1975 to 2006, bringing issues of gender inequality to the work of AFSC.

Saralee Hamilton ran the National Women's Program from 1975-2006, bringing a feminist perspective to the work of AFSC for more than 30 years.

Marjorie Nelson

Marjorie Nelson worked as a doctor in Vietnam and witnessed first hand the tolls of war on both sides.

Marjorie Nelson, while working as a doctor in Vietnam, went missing after a violent bomb strike.  She returned with a fresh understanding of the human side of conflict.

Elizabeth Gray Vining

Elizabeth Gray Vining was the first woman tutor to the crown prince of Japan after writing for AFSC publications.

Elizabeth Gray Vining, a writer with the AFSC, helped to build new bridges as the first woman tutor to the crown prince of Japan after WWII.

Mary Hoxie Jones at FWCC

Mary Hoxie Jones, writer and author of "Swords into Ploughshares", at the 1955 Friends World Committee on Consultation.

"Swords into Ploughshares," written by Mary Hoxie Jones, was the first comprehensive history of AFSC's work and values. Mary was instrumental in ensuring the safe preservation of the organization's rich history.

Mary Elmes

Alice Resch and Mary Elmes risked their lives to evacuate children from Nazi-occupied France to the United States. Their correspondence illustrates both women's steadfast commitment to the safety of dozens of children threatened with internment.