Betty Polster

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  • Betty Polster

    Elizabeth “Betty” Polster (née Henshaw) (1925-2015) was a Quaker pacifist, war tax refuser, and National President WILPF, 1965-69. She moved to Canadian Argenta Quaker refuge for conscientious objectors in Vietnam War protest, 1967, attended Selma March with personal friend Martin Luther King, Jr., was active in Canadian Voice of Women (VOW) and co-clerk of Canadian Friends Yearly Meeting. She was also the principal of Argenta Friends School, 1970-80.

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