Mildred Scott Olmsted

Mildred Scott Olmsted (December 5, 1890 – July 2, 1990) was an American Quaker pacifist, in leadership positions with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in the United States.

She was a student at the Friends' Central School in Philadelphia, and majored in history at Smith College, completing her degree in 1912.

[1][2] During World War I, Mildred Scott worked in Paris with the Young Women's Christian Association, planning recreational activities for soldiers stationed there.

[3] In 1922, she took a leadership role with the Pennsylvania chapter of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), working with Hannah Clothier Hull.

She helped to found SANE (now Peace Action), served as vice-chair of the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and served on the United Nations Council of Non-Governmental Organizations, and was active with the Main Line Birth Control League.