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Laura Hughes Lunde (1886–1966) was a Canadian feminist, socialist and pacifist. She was an outspoken pacifist in Toronto during World War I (1914–18). Towards the end of the war she married and moved to Chicago, where she was active in numerous civic causes for the rest of her life, notably fighting for women's rights and for improvements to education. ==Family== Laura Hughes was born in Toronto, Canada in 1886. She was the daughter of James Laughlin Hughes and Adaline Mareau Hughes, two well known educators and reformers in Toronto. Her father was chief inspector of the schools in Toronto and her mother was the first kindergarten teacher in Toronto. James Hughes supported the temperance movement, opposed corporal punishment in schools and was a strong believer in hygiene. He passionately supported the British Empire, and launched the cadet movement in Canadian public schools. Her uncle was Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia during World War I. As a young woman Laura Hughes worked in a mill, and then published a paper that described the abusive working conditions she had found. Based on her experience, she campaigned for reforms to labor laws. She co-founded the Canadian Labour Party. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laura Hughes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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