Jean Gump

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Overview

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Jean Gump (née Dalton) born Chicago, IL May 24, 1927 (d. 2018). Plowshares antinuclear protester. Marched at Selma, 1968. Co-founded Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War. Four years prison for painting cross in blood on Minuteman silo hatch, Missouri, 1986. Arrested for protest at OakRidge security center, 2011; arrested for two protests at Morton Thiokol, Chicago; also Motorola, SAG Elmhurst.

Quotations

“I actually felt that disarmament begins with disarming a weapon, similar to Rosa Parks started desegregation on a bus.” (bylifetoday, April 26, 2018; photo nuclear resister)