Frances Crowe
American peace activist
Frances Crowe (March 15, 1919 – August 27, 2019) was an American peace activist and pacifist. In 1967, during the Vietnam War, she worked as a draft counselor. Crowe was known for her works in the movement against nuclear power and for safe energy in New England since the 1970s[1]
Crowe was born in Carthage, Missouri. She was one of 1414 people arrested at the occupation of the Seabrook nuclear power plant construction site in April, 1977.
Crow died on August 27, 2019 at her in Northampton, Massachusetts of heart failure at the age of 100.[2]
References
change- ↑ Michael Kenney. Tracking the protest movements that had roots in New England The Boston Globe, December 30, 2009.
- ↑ Longtime Valley peace activist Frances Crowe dies at 100
Other websites
change- A protester for the ages
- Frances Crowe page Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Frances Crowe Papers Archived 2006-09-12 at the Wayback Machine at Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
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