Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875-1955):
Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan was an educator in the schools of New York City. She was a peace activist from the beginning of World War I onward, and one of the founders and leaders of the War Resisters League, a secular pacifist organization. Hughan ran for several elected offices, all on the Socialist Party ticket. In 1915 she ran for Alderman of New York City, Secretary of State in 1918, and Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1920.
Party Affiliation:
Socialist
Photographs:
Portraits of Hughan are available in the Records of the War Resisters League, Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Resources:
"Jessie Wallace Hughan"
http://www.awomanaweek.com/hughan.htm
Radical Pacifism: The War Resisters League and Gandhian Nonviolence in America, 1915-1963, Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution Series. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2003.