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Ava Helen Pauling (born Miller; December 24, 1903 – December 7, 1981) was an American human rights activist. Throughout her life, she was involved in various social movements including women's rights , racial equality , and international peace .
A chronicle of the lives (and trials) of Linus and Ava Helen Pauling throughout their many years as peace activists. Over fifty audio and video clips are used in the recounting of this fascinating saga - one which culminated in Linus Pauling's receipt of the 1962 Nobel Prize for Peace.
On April 24, 1962, President Kennedy orders the resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests. On April 28 and 29, Linus and Ava Helen Pauling, with several hundred other demonstrators, march before the White House in protest.
Mar 26, 2007 · Ava Helen passed away on October 7, 1981. She and Linus Pauling shared fifty-nine remarkable years together. Whenever asked what his greatest discovery was, Linus always replied, “My wife.”
In 1986, Linus Pauling, a Nobel Prize winner for both Chemistry and Peace, donated his scientific notebooks, all of his papers, and the papers of his wife Ava Helen, an activist for peace, to Oregon State University, their alma mater.
The story of Ava Helen Pauling—her rich career as an activist first for civil rights and liberties, then against nuclear testing, and finally for peace, feminism, and environmental stewardship—is best told in the context of her enduring partnership with her famous husband, Linus Pauling.
Dec 24, 2010 · Ava Pauling, wife of renowned chemist Linus Pauling, was born on Christmas Eve in 1903. Today we look at her lifetime of work toward peace on Earth. On Dec. 24, 1903, a baby girl...
Dec 10, 1981 · Ava Helen Pauling, a lecturer, worker for peace and human rights and wife of the Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, died Monday. She was 77 years old. Mrs. Pauling, who...
Jun 5, 2013 · We’re dedicating the entirety of this month to celebrating the release of the new book, Ava Helen Pauling: Partner, Activist, Visionary, the first biography of Ava Helen Pauling, now available from the OSU Press.
Ava Helen Pauling, more than any other person, was responsible for Linus Pauling’s peace work. Raised on a farm in Oregon, the tenth of twelve children born to a socialist schoolteacher father and suffragist mother, Ava Helen learned early in life that issues of social justice were paramount -- and that women could do anything.
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