Caldicott, Helen.
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Helen Caldicott is a pediatrician and environmental activist. In her native Australia, she led successful campaigns to ban French atmospheric nuclear testing and uranium mining. In the U.S., she revived Physicians for Social Responsibility while an instructor at Harvard Medical School and a fellow at Children's Hospital Medical Center. In 1980, she resigned to become a full-time anti-nuclear activist. She helped found the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear War, and the Women's Party for Survival, later called the Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND), then Women's Action for New Directions.
From the guide to the Helen Caldicott Papers MS 223., 1961-1996 (ongoing), (Sophia Smith Collection)
Pediatrician; Antinuclear activist; Co-founder, Women's Party forSurvival; Founder, Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament.
Helen Caldicott is a pediatrician and environmental activist. In her native Australia, she led successful campaigns to ban French atmospheric nuclear testing and uranium mining. In the U.S., she revived Physicians for Social Responsibility while an instructor at Harvard Medical School and a fellow at Children's Hospital Medical Center. In 1980, she resigned to become a full-time anti-nuclear activist. She helped found the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear War, and the Women's Party for Survival, later called the Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND), then Women's Action for New Directions.
From the description of Helen Caldicott papers, 1961-1996 (ongoing) (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 47888596
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Subjects:
- Antinuclear movement
- Ecofeminism
- Environmentalists
- Environmental protection
- Environmental protection
- Nuclear disarmament
- Nuclear power plants
- Nuclear warfare
- Peace movements
- Pediatricians
- Pediatricians
- Women physicians
- Women and peace
- Women environmentalists
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