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- Eleanor May Moore (10 de març de 1875 – 1 d'octubre de 1949) fou una pacifista i feminista d'Austràlia. Es va involucrar en el moviment per la pau com a membre de la Germandat de la Pau Internacional (Sisterhood of International Peace (SIP)), que més avant esdevení part de la Lliga Internacional de les Dones per la Pau i la Llibertat (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, WILPF). Va nàixer a . Assistí a la , on edità el periòdic del centre educatiu i es formà com a estenògrafa. La família de Moore eren membres de l', fundada pel predicador pacifista, . Després que Strong formara la Sisterhood of International Peace (SIP) el 1915, Moore s'afegí, convertint-se en la secretària internacional de l'organització. Va representar la SIP el mes de maig de 1919 en el Congrés Internacional de les Dones a Zuric. Més tard, quan la SIP es convertí en la Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Moore continuà treballant com a secretària i va estar implicada en el grup fins que va morir. Moore representà la WILPF a les conferències de la Unió Pan-pacífica de les Dones (Pan Pacific Union Women) que tingueren lloc a Honolulu els anys 1928 i 1930. Moore estava en contra d'emprar la guerra per a solucionar conflictes; ella digué: "Sé que, no importa quant dure la lluita, a la fi ha de ser resolt mitjançant una negociació." Moore elegí no casar-se i cuidà els seus pares que visqueren fins a tindre 91 i 96 anys. Treballà en un llibre, The Quest for Peace, que va acabar l'any 1949. Moore morí a l'1 d'octubre de 1949. (ca)
- Eleanor May Moore (10 March 1875 – 1 October 1949) was an Australian pacifist. Moore was also a feminist. She was involved in the peace movement as a member of the Sisterhood of International Peace (SIP), which later became part of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She was born in Lancefield, Victoria. She attended the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, where she edited the school paper and trained as a stenographer. Moore's family were members of the Australian Church, founded by pacifist and preacher, Charles Strong. After Strong formed the Sisterhood of International Peace (SIP) in 1915, Moore became joined, becoming the international secretary. She represented the SIP in May 1919 at the International Women's Congress in Zurich. Later, when the SIP became the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Moore continued working as the secretary and was involved in the group until her death. Moore represented WILPF at the Pan Pacific Union Women's conferences at Honolulu in 1928 and 1930. Moore was against using war to solve conflicts; she said: "I know that, however long the fight continues, in the end it must be settled by negotiation." Moore chose not to marry and cared for her parents who lived to be 91 and 96. She worked on a book, The Quest for Peace, finishing it in 1949. Moore died in Toorak on 1 October 1949. (en)
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