Olive Schreiner's The Dawn of Civilisation & Other Unpublished Wartime Writings The important feminist writer, theorist and social commentator Olive Schreiner (1855-1920) was an 'absolute pacifist'. Read her on arguing with Lloyd George about the war, ticking off Gandhi for reneging on his principles, planning pacifist activities with Bertrand Russell, helping Fred Pethick-Lawrence join a pacifist group, commiserating with friends about deaths in...