Oct 27, 2003 "I'm beginning to realize I'm too old to save the world," Ms. Braun said in an interview. Oct 22, 2001 Mary Braun (81-year-old) was sentenced to six years in prison Friday in Nelson's Supreme Court. Mar 9 1998 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff give an interview in a prison. Feb 24 1998 Tina Zmaeff, 73, and Mary Braun, 77, who went on a hunger strike in a protest over possible military action against Iraq have decided to end their fast. Feb 20 1998 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff have gone without food since the start of the month. The pair are protesting possible military action by the United States against Iraq. Apr 2 1994 Mary Braun, Tina Zmaeff and Pauline Berikoff are on a hunger strike in a Burnaby jail after setting fire to their clothes to protest being moved to another part of the jail. Apr 16,1993 Zmaeff and Braun were denied parole for refusing to sign documents agreeing to the parole conditions. Braun started to eat. Aug 13 1992 Mary Braun, Tina Zmaeff and Pauline Berikoff, seriously ill after a 52-day hunger strike, agreed to start eating Wednesday, while members of their community continue to lobby government officials for their release. Apr 1 1992 Mary Braun, 72, and Tina Jmaeff, 68, were sentenced to two years in prison and three years' probation in provincial court yesterday for setting fire to J.J. Verigin's home in Grand Forks. Mar 11 1992 Pauline Berikoff, 54, was given one year in prison for protesting against jailing of Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff. Mar 4 1992 Pauline Berikoff staged a fiery protest in Grand Forks in the nude in the front lobby of the RCMP building, protesting against the jailing of Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff. May 9 1991 Braun, 72, was sentenced to one year in jail for setting RCMP Jeep on fire while Zmaeff, 66, was given 30 days for putting on fire Braun's cell. Apr 28 1989 Mary Braun, 68, and Tina Zmaeff, 64, received full parole from Matsqui medium-security prison. Apr 13 1989 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff are into the 21st day of another fast in Matsqui medium-security prison because they believe legal "machinery is moving too slowly for their release," said corrections spokesman Dianne Brown. Sep 1988 Mary Braun burns down a house she had been staying in while on parole in the Kootenays. Dec 24 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff, who fasted for 107 days to gain their freedom from arson convictions have been released from prison on day parole. Dec 15 1987 Parole is delayed until Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff recover. Dec 3 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff end 107-day fast after being offered day parole. Nov 28 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff have now rejected food for more than 100 days Nov 24 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff in the 99th day of a hunger strike have refused to appear before the National Parole Board because they feel it would be an admission they are criminals. Nov 20 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff are granted parole hearings. Nov 12 1987 Pauline Berikoff, wanting to join Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff in prison, burned down her own home. Nov 10 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff are stable as hunger strike in 85th day. Oct 28 1987 John Verigin rejected a proposal by the Freedomite delegation to have Many Braun and Tina Zmaeff released into his Orthodox community. Oct 27 1987 Mary Braun, 67, and Tina Zmaeff, 63, are on the 71st day of a hunger strike.  An emergency meeting begins here today between members of the Doukhobor community and federal and provincial officals. Oct 24 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff are denied parole. Oct 21 1987 Tina Zmaeff, 62, was taken by ambulance from Matsqui about 2 a.m. after a doctor determined hospital care was necessary because of "severe dehydration. Mary Braun continues her fast. Oct 16 1987 The cable is received from the Doukhobor community of Krestova in the West Kootenays, asking for parole for Mary Braun, 66, and Tina Zmaeff, 62. Oct 15 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff are on the 58th day of a hunger strike today are very dehydrated and barely conscious in the health unit at Matsqui prison. Aug 15 1987 Mary Braun's day parole is revoked. Aug 13 1987 National Parole Board is about to decide whether to allow day parole for Mary Braun. July 24 1987 Mary Braun is  in custody; her parole was suspended. April 15 1987 Mary Braun got day parole and returned to the Kootenays where she has been staying in a half-way house. Mar 20 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff end hunger strike after the friends' visit. Mar 10 1987 Mary Braun, 66, and Tina Zmaeff, 62, serving the latest of a number of sentences for arson, are in the sixth week of their fast at Matsqui Institution. Feb 16 1987 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff are on 16th day of a hunger strike in Matsqui Institution. Sep 1986 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff are convicted for six months for setting a fire in the Doukhobor Heritage Centre in Grand Forks. Mar 29 1986 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff get parole. Mar 28 1986 At least one member of the Sons of Freedom had threatened to break the law in order to join the fasting women in prison. Jan 8 1986 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff have set the second fire in their prison cell since the death on Nov. 24 of Freedomite hunger striker Mary Astaforoff. Dec 3 1985 Doukhobor groups rally round to save lives of hunger strike. Dec 3 1985 Mary Braun was described as being in weak condition Monday as she continued her hunger strike and refused medical treatment. Dec 2 1985 Mary Braun, a 65-year-old Sons of Freedom Doukhobor, is in Vancouver General Hospital. Dec 2 1985 Mary Braun, 63 and Tina Zmaeff, 59 are on 56th day of hunger strike in Matsqui Prison. Astaforoff died on Nov 24. Mary Braun is near death - doctor says. Nov 30 1985 Move to halfway houses considered for jail fasters. Nov 22 1985 Mary Braun burns her nightshirt during the hunger strike in Matsqui Institution along with Tina Zmaeff and Mary Astaforoff. Oct 19 1985 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff, serving 8 years for burning the house of Cecil Konkinare are on hunger strike with Mary Astaforoff, serving 10 years for burning buildings at the Doukhobor Museum near Castlegar, BC in September 1985. Aug 1 1985 Mary Braun, 63 and Tina Zmaeff, 60 are found guilty of arson of the house of Cecil Konkin, 5 and 1/2 months after they were released.  Feb??? 1985 Mary Braun, Tina Zmaeff and Mary Astaforoff are freed from prison on the promise not to set fires. Jan 1 1985 Mary Braun, 63, Tina Zmaeff, 59 and Mary Astaforoff, 71 are on 24th day of hunger strike in Burnaby Lakeside Correctional Centre. Aug 31 1984 Mary Braun, who turns 64 on Friday, and Tina Zmaeff, 59, have resumed a fast. They are charged with setting fire to the Kootenay Doukhobor Historical Society Museum. Jun 30 1984 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff are charged after museum fire Oct 31 1983 Mary Braun, Tina Zmaeff and Mary Astaforoff returned home 1983 Mary Braun, Tina Zmaeff and Mary Astaforoff are granted early release Jul 19 1983 Mary Braun and Tina Zmaeff have begun eating again. 1983 Mary Braun, Tina Zmaeff and Mary Astaforoff are on hunger strike in a prison; being force-fed. Mar 1983 Mary Braun, 63, is convicted to four-year sentence for arson Dec 29 1978 Mary Braun, Olga Hoodichoff, Pauline Berikoff, and Marilyn and Naida Stoochnoff wept and leaned over the prisoners' dock to hug relatives before being carried bodily out of the courtroom to serve jail terms. Dec 28 1978 Mary Braun was sentenced to two years less a day and Marilyn and Naida Stoochnoff, Olga Hoodichoff and Pauline Berikoff to nine months each for arson on the trailer home of Stefan Sorokin in Krestova. Dec 17 1978 Mary Braun, Marilyn Stoochnoff and Nadia Stoochnoff, Olga Hoodikoff and Pauline Berikoff found guilty of arson of the home of their leader, Stefan Sorokin.