Peace Pilgrim, born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist.
14 Facts About Peace Pilgrim
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Peace Pilgrim was on her seventh cross-country journey when she died.
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Peace Pilgrim's mother, Josephine Marie Ranch, was a tailor, and her father, Ernest Norman, a carpenter.
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Peace Pilgrim became a vegetarian for ethical reasons, stating that as she could not kill any living creature.
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Peace Pilgrim believed that meat eating was poisonous to the body and lived on a diet of fruits, nuts, vegetables, wholegrains and dairy products.
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Peace Pilgrim said that this awakening was a direct, mystical experience of the "creator's" love.
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Peace Pilgrim claimed that this spurred her to then start her decades-long walking journey for peace.
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Peace Pilgrim's pilgrimage spanned almost three decades beginning January 1,1953, in Pasadena, California.
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Peace Pilgrim continued walking for 28 years, spanning the American involvement in the Vietnam War and beyond.
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Peace Pilgrim was a frequent speaker at churches, universities, and local and national radio and television.
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Peace Pilgrim had no organizational backing, carried no money, and would not even ask for food or shelter.
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On July 7,1981, while being driven to a speaking engagement near Knox, Indiana, Peace Pilgrim was killed in an automobile accident.
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Friends of Peace Pilgrim is an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to making information about the life and message of Peace Pilgrim available freely to all who ask.
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In 2005 Peace Pilgrim Park was created in her hometown of Egg Harbor City, New Jersey on part of the site of the former Neutral Water Health Resort Sanitarium.