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So pacifism is when someone believes that using any form of violence, especially war is wrong.

Against their religion to hurt another human.

Bert Brocklesby was a teacher, choirmaster, gentleman, and a scholar.

"God has not put me on this Earth to go destroy his children."

Religion stopped Brocklesby to contribute anything into war.

Was going to be a volunteer for South African war in 1899

Read articles on Pacifism and Socialism

Baxter took into Pacifism.

Frances M. Witherspoon was huge leader in Pacifism in WWI

Through the years of 1917 and 1918 Witherspoon kept track of the rebels events.

Was interested to see how the rebels were handling the war

Frances M. Witherspoon was a fully committed to being a Socialist, Pacifist, and Feminist

Was a leader in the "High Significant Moment" of people trying to keep wartime peace as well as civil liberties.

First person to attempt to connect gender and war.

Did this in The New York Times in 1916

WitherSpoon told the history of evil punishment of military prison

Heard about it through the Bureau of Legal Advice and The National Civil Liberties Bureau

Exploited the view from a man named Howard Moore.

Witherspoon announced this punishment as "barbaric".

Work Cited

Grant, David. "Baxter,Archibald McColl Learmon (1881-1970) Pacifist writer ." What's the Story . Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 , 1/9/10. Web. 22 May 2012. <http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3b19/1>.

Rennell, Tony. "Brothers at war: The WW1 solider and pacifist...but who was the hero." Mail Online. Costumer Life Style, 14 February 2008. Web. 17 May 2012. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-514300/Brothers-war-The-WW1-soldier-pacifist--hero.html>.

Trueman, Chris. "Pacifists and World War One." History Learning Site. unknown, 2,000-2012 C. Web. 16 May 2012. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/pacifists_world_war_one.htm>.

H. Early, Frances. A World Without War: How U.S Feminists and Pacifists Resisted World War I. Syracuse, New York1: Syracuse University Press, 1997. Print.

O. Cohrs, Patrick. The Unfinished Peace After World War I. 1. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pg.693. Print.

What is Pacifism?

How did pacifism grow?

Tension began to grow in Europe

Pacifists began to get assaulted for not contributing anything in the war.

Frances M. Witherspoon

Bert Brocklesby

Famous Pacifists in World War I

Archibald McColl Learmond Baxter

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