Carrie Barefoot Dickerson
- Carrie Barefoot Dickerson
Carrie Barefoot Dickerson (died 2006) was an American activist who led citizen efforts to stop construction of the proposed Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant in Oklahoma.
Dickerson first learnt of the proposal in a news article in May 1973, and formed the Citizen's Action for Safe Energy (CASE) group. Local citizens feared waste from the nuclear plant would lead to birth defects and other health problems for those who lived nearby. Following years of legal action and protests, it was announced in February 1982 that the plant would not be built. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20050928/ai_n15613943 Energy officials say nuclear power comeback not likely to happen] ] [ [http://www.carriedickersonfoundation.com/ Carrie Dickerson Foundation] ]
Carrie Barefoot Dickerson is one of the women featured in the book "Women of Spirit: Stories of Courage from the Women Who Lived Them" by Katherine Martin. [ [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2pZmWmkjBIMC Women of Spirit By Katherine Martin] ] Dickerson has the "Carrie Dickerson Lifetime Achievement Award" named after her. [ [http://oksustainability.org/newsletter_cbd-award.php Carrie Barefoot Dickerson Award Presentation] ] Dickerson died in 2006. [ [http://oklahoma.sierraclub.org/carrie_barefoot_dickerson.htm Carrie Barefoot Dickerson] ]
ee also
*Anti-nuclear movement in the United States
*List of anti-nuclear protests in the United States
References
Further reading
*Dickerson, Carrie B. and Patricia Lemon (1995). " [http://openlibrary.org/b/OL8732154M Black Fox: Aunt Carrie's War Against the Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant] " ISBN 1571780092
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