Olmsted, Mildred Scott (Peace Activists)

American peace activist. Mildred Scott Olmsted was a committed pacifist and Quaker who devoted her life to peace activism. She joined the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) working as the executive secretary of the Pennsylvania branch. She later joined the executive staff of WILPF’s national organization, where she served until her retirement in 1966. Olmsted is best known for her service to WILPF, but she devoted her life to peace causes. She served as a board member on a number of peace organizations, and during the Vietnam War she fought for the rights of conscientious objectors and was very active in the antiwar movement.

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Olmsted was born and raised in Pennsylvania. She spent her high-school years at the Friends’ Central School in Philadelphia, and in 1912 she graduated from Smith College with a degree in history. While working as a settlement-house worker, she attended the Pennsylvania School of Social Work and Health Work, where she earned a certificate in 1913.

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