La Pellegrina della Pace, nata Mildred Lisette Norman, fu una pacifista e attivista per la pace americana. Nel 1953 intraprese un cammino attraverso gli Stati Uniti, proseguendo questo pellegrinaggio per 28 anni. Il messaggio di pace interiore della sua vita si diffuse attraverso i suoi passi e i suoi discorsi. Divenne un simbolo di incrollabile dedizione alla pace e alla trasformazione interiore.
Mildred L. Norman, bekannt als Peace Pilgrim, wanderte über 40.000 km in den USA, um ihre Friedensbotschaft zu verbreiten. Sie sprach über inneren und äußeren Frieden und lebte bescheiden, ohne Geld. Ihr Ziel war es, Menschen zu inspirieren, inneren Frieden zu finden, um so zum Weltfrieden beizutragen.
In nearly three decades, she walked more than 25,000 miles, carrying her possessions in her blue tunic and spreading her belief about peace: overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.
The silver-haired woman walked away from her name and vowed to "remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace". On New Year's Day, 1953, she walked ahead of the Tournament of Roses parade handing out peace messages. It was the beginning of a pilgrimage that would last twenty-eight years. Traveling on foot without money or possessions, with only the food and shelter offered by well-wishers, she carried her simple yet compelling message throughout the United States and Canada. After the first 25,000 miles she stopped counting.Peace Pilgrim's account of her journeys across America and her spiritual discoveries along the way continues to inspire growing numbers of readers worldwide.