IVU historian, John Davis, continues to update the history files on our website. Among the new materials are extracts from three books that talk about famous names in IVU history.
1. Scott and Helen Nearing
- 1883 - Scott was born, Helen was a few years younger and a life vegetarian, daughter of theosophists.
- 1970 - The Good Life was re-published, by a bigger publisher and became a best-seller
- 1982 - Scott retired from the IVU International Council after 23 years, age 99.
- 1983 - Scott died, age 100. Helen continued writing more books.
- 1995 - Helen died in a car crash, age 91.
see: www.ivu.org/members/council/scott-nearing.html - with links to Scott's talks, some extracts from The Good Life and obituaries for both.
2. Woodland Kahler - President of IVU, 1960-71
The new info online is from 'Olga - the memoirs of Olga La Marquise de St. Innocent' published in 1974. 'Woody' was Olga's 4th husband and the book gives some fascinating insights.
Olga was born into the Russian aristocracy and escaped the 1917 revolution by taking a train, with her 2nd husband, through Siberia to China, Japan and across to California - with her precious jewels sewn into a belt.
Woodland Kahler was a struggling young American writer when he met Olga in Paris in the 1930s. He became her 4th husband in 1932, and went on to become a best-selling novelist. They both turned vegetarian in 1948 and were soon involved with IVU - joining the Nearings at both the American Convention in 1949 and the IVU Congress in Sweden 1953. The Kahlers played a major role in the 1955 IVU Congress in Paris, where they were living, and he was IVU President through the 1960s.
see www.ivu.org/members/council/woodland-kahler.html - with links to various articles, including some extracts from Olga's book at the top. That in turn links to more extracts about their meetings with the Dalai Lama, Albert Schweitzer etc.
3. Linda McCartney
Some extracts from a biography by Danny Fields, published in 2000, giving some insights into how she and Paul became vegetarian, and the beginnings of the food products etc.
see www.ivu.org/people/politics/linda-mccartney.html
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