This is a list of women pacifists and peace activists by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in promoting pacifism.
Introduction
Women have been active in peace movements since at least the 19th century. After the First World War broke out in 1914, many women's organizations became involved in peace activities. In 1915, the International Congress of Women in the Hague brought together representatives from women's associations in several countries, leading to the establishment of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. This in turn led to national chapters which continued their work in the 1920s and 1930s. After the Second World War, European women once again became involved in peace initiatives, mainly as a result of the Cold War, while from the 1960s the Vietnam War led to renewed interest in the United States.
Armenia
Lucy Thoumaian (1890–1940) – Armenian women's rights and peace activist.
Australia
Eva Bacon (1909–1994) – Australian socialist, feminist, pacifist
Doris Blackburn (1889–1970) – Australian social reformer, politician, pacifist
Helen Caldicott (born 1938) – Australian physician, anti-nuclear activist, revived Physicians for Social Responsibility, campaigner against the dangers of radiation Margaret Holmes, AM (1909–2009) – Australian activist during the Vietnam War, member Anglican Pacifist Fellowship Amelia Lambrick (1864–1956) was an Australian public servant and pacifist Isabel Longworth (1881–1961) – Australian dentist and peace activist Ciaron O'Reilly (born 1960) – Australian pacifist, anti-war activist, Catholic Worker, served prison time in America and Ireland for disarming war material Nancy Shelley OAM (1926–2010) – Quaker who represented the Australian peace movement at the UN in 1982 Barbara Grace Tucker – Australian peace activist, long time participant of London's Parliament Square Peace Campaign Jo Vallentine (born 1946) – Australian politician and peace activist Kathleen Deery de Phelps (1908–2001) – conservationist, philanthropist
Austria
Hildegard Goss-Mayr (born 1930) — Austrian pacifist and theologian
Yella Hertzka (1873–1948) – Austrian peace and women's rights activist
Leopoldine Kulka (1872–1920) – Austrian writer, editor and pacifist
Helene Lecher (1865–1929) – Austrian pacifist and philanthropist
Olga Misař (1876–1950) – Austrian peace activist, feminist and writer
Helene Scheu-Riesz (1880–1970), peace activist, children's writer, publisher
Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914) – Czech-Austrian pacifist, first woman Nobel peace laureate
Botswana
Malebogo Molefhe (born 1980) – Botswanan activist against gender-based violence
Belgium
Eugénie Hamer (1865–after 1926) – peace activist, editor and writer
Léonie La Fontaine (1857–1949) – Belgian feminist and pacifist
Bulgaria
Ekaterina Karavelova (1860–1947) – Bulgarian educator, writer, suffragist, feminist, pacifist
Canada
Edith Ballantyne (born 1922) – Czech-Canadian peace activist
Christine Ross Barker (1866–1940) – Canadian pacifist and suffragist
Alice Amelia Chown (1866–1949) – Canadian feminist, pacifist and writer
Muriel Duckworth (1908–2009) – Canadian pacifist, feminist and community activist, founder of Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace Mildred Fahrni (1900–1992) – Canadian pacifist, feminist, internationally active in the peace movement Ursula Franklin (1921–2016) – German-Canadian scientist, pacifist and feminist, whose research helped end atmospheric nuclear testing Rae Luckock (1893–1972) – Canadian feminist, peace activist and politician Simonne Monet-Chartrand (1919–1993) – Canadian women's rights activist, feminist, pacifist Alaa Murabit (born 1989) – Libyan-Canadian physician and human rights advocate for inclusive peace and security Harriet Dunlop Prenter (fl. 1921) – Canadian feminist, pacifist Setsuko Thurlow (born 1932) – Japanese-Canadian non-nuclear weapon activist, figure of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Julia Grace Wales (1881–1957) – Canadian academic and pacifist
Chile
Nicolasa Quintremán (1939-2013) – Chilean Pehuenche activist
Colombia
Yolanda Becerra (born 1959) – Colombian feminist and peace activist.
Costa Rica
Olga Bianchi (1924–2015) – feminist, pacifist and women's rights activist
Cyprus
Katherine Clerides (born 1949) – Cypriot peace activist.