Lady Borton is a
Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers ...
author and journalist. During the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
she volunteered for the
American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society of Friends ('' Quaker)-founded'' organization working for peace and social justice in the United States and around the world. AFSC was founded in 1917 as a combined effort by ...
and then lived in Vietnam for many years. She was one of the few westerners who was allowed to live there after the end of the Vietnam war due to her works being sympathetic to the communist regime. Her works include ''After Sorrow'' – an account of her time in Vietnam and the people there.
American Quakers
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