Ellen Robinson (14 March 1840 – 6 March 1912) was a British teacher,

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minister, feminist and peace activist. She founded the Liverpool and Birkenhead Women's Peace and Arbitration Society (LBWPAS) and served on the council of the

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. She was also active with the

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, the

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, and the

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. Robinson used her background as a teacher to give frequent speeches supporting anti-war principles. She was supported by Mary Jane Cooke who was assistant secretary of the Peace Union. Robinson, in particular, opposed British militarism of the

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and spoke against European human rights abuses in

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and

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. Robinson worked toward broader cooperation between peace groups. She often collaborated with other peace campaigners and feminists including

Eugénie Potonié-Pierre Eugénie Potonié-Pierre (1844–1898 Paris) was a French feminist who founded the Federation of French Feminist Societies in 1892. She joined the Society for the Amelioration of Women's Condition with Léon Richer and Maria Deraismes in the 18 ...

, with whom she organized several meetings in

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, and

Priscilla Hannah Peckover Priscilla Hannah Peckover (27 October 1833 – 8 September 1931) was an English Quaker, pacifist and linguist from a prosperous banking family. After helping to raise the three daughters of her widowed brother, in her forties she became involve ...

. She retired in 1903 and her place as secretary in the Peace Union was taken by Mary Jane Cooke. Cooke had been editing the peace journal, ''War or Brotherhood'', from 1896. Robinson died in

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on 6 March 1912.

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