Yekaterina Peshkova

Yekaterina Pavlovna Peshkova, née Volzhina (; 26 July 1887 – 26 March 1965) was a Soviet human rights activist and humanitarian, first wife of Maxim Gorky.
Life.
Before the October Revolution she took an active part in the work of the "Committee for Assistance to Russian Political Prisoners" (Комитет помощи русским политкаторжанам) under the leadership of Vera Figner. After 1914 she led the "Children's Commission" at the "Society for Assistance to War Victims". After 1918 she was the major activist of the "Moscow Committee of the Political Red Cross".
After 1922, she was chairwoman of the subsequent organisation the "Assistance to Political Prisoners" (Pompolit, "Помощь политическим заключенным", Помполит). She was honoured by an order of the Polish Red Cross for her participation in the exchange of prisoners of war after the Polish-Soviet War.