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     • Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility.
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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Karen Silkwood (born February 19, 1946, Longview, Texas, U.S.—died November 13, 1974, near Crescent, Oklahoma) was an American laboratory technician and activist who attempted to expose the safety violations and negligence at Kerr-McGee’s Cimarron River nuclear facility.

   Karen Silkwood | American Activist & Nuclear Whistleblower

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   Who is Karen Gay Silkwood?

   • Karen Gay Silkwood was born in Longview, Texas, and raised in Nederland, Texas. She had two sisters, Linda and Rosemary. She attended Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. In 1965, she married William Meadows, an oil pipeline worker, with whom she had three children.

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   • Karen Silkwood was portrayed on stage by actress Jehane Dyllan in the one-person play Silkwood, which Dyllan scripted along with Susan Holleran and Bobbi Ausubel. Ausubel also directed the piece, which ran April 7-12, 1981 at Theater Works, UMass-Park Square in Boston.

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   • K aren Silkwood was either a martyr among whistleblowers and nuclear safety activists, or, if you believe her employer’s account, a lunatic who smeared plutonium on the bologna in her fridge.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Karen_SilkwoodKaren Silkwood - Wikipedia

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   Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility. She worked at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site in Oklahoma, making plutonium pellets, and became the ...

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   May 8, 2024 · Karen Silkwood (born February 19, 1946, Longview, Texas, U.S.—died November 13, 1974, near Crescent, Oklahoma) was an American laboratory technician and activist who attempted to expose the safety violations and negligence at Kerr-McGee’s Cimarron River nuclear facility.

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   Nov 13, 2014 · Nov. 13, 1974: A plutonium plant worker and activist dies in a mysterious car crash on her way to expose the plant’s lax safety record.

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   Apr 9, 2018 · Americas first nuclear whistleblower, Karen Silkwood discovered numerous health violations, including exposure to high levels of nuclear contamination, at the Kerr-McGee nuclear power plant near Crescent, Oklahoma.

9. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › karenKaren Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash - HISTORY

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   Nov 13, 2009 · On November 13, 1974, 28-year-old Karen Silkwood is killed in a car accident near Crescent, Oklahoma, north of Oklahoma City. Silkwood worked as a technician at a plutonium plant...

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    Mar 14, 2024 · Who killed Karen Silkwood, the antinuclear activist who made no apologies for not being an ‘exemplary mother’? More than 40 years have passed since the release of the biopic about a lab...

12. www.pbs.org › reaction › interactKaren Silkwood | Nuclear Reaction | FRONTLINE | PBS

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    Silkwood was a chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee's plutonium fuels production plant in Crescent, Oklahoma, and a member of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' Union....