Constructive Spirit: Quakers in Revolutionary Russia - Tapa blanda

The history of Anna Haines, Nancy Babb and the other Quakers who went to Russia to provide relief from war and famine between 1916 and 1931 enables us to explore intertwined issues of religious witness, political action and humanitarian service in the midst of extremely challenging personal and political conditions.

The stories of the men and women who let their lives speak through the channel of the American Friends Service Committee are always uplifting. That of the volunteers who went to Russia ... to relieve famine and help men, women and children rebuild their lives is especially so. The authors have done us a great service in putting together for the first time the complete story of this service of love in war and peacetime. -- Margaret Hope Bacon, Quaker Historian