Karen Silkwood

Overview

Karen Gay Silkwood born Longwood, TX February 19, 1946 (d. 1974). Anti-nuclear activist; chemist; union leader. Revealed plutonium hazards at Crescent, OK Kerr-Magee plant that courts later found to be true.

Quotations

“You think I contaminated myself, you think I did that?” (1986 film Silkwood; photo http://bit.ly/IwvNi7)