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Helene Stöcker's Pacifism: International Intersections
Author(s) -
Braker Regina
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
peace and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1468-0130
pISSN - 0149-0508
DOI - 10.1111/0149-0508.00098
Subject(s) - compromise , conviction , politics , political science , law , german , sociology , philosophy , linguistics
Helene Stöcker (1869–1943), a radical pacifist in Germany, sought cooperation between widely divergent groups, created allies through the force of her conviction, and refused to compromise on her absolute pacifism. Cited for her work in sex reform, Stöcker played a leading role in the German peace movement and in the War Resisters' International. Her feminist position is interesting for rejecting claims about the redemptive role of newly enfranchised women in politics while retaining maternalist values.