Ava Helen Pauling

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Ava Helen Pauling was an American human rights, peace, and civil liberties activist who worked closely with her husband, Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, in campaigns against nuclear weapons testing and for social justice.


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instanceOf American
civil liberties activist
human
human rights activist
peace activist
associatedWith American Civil Liberties Union
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
birthName Ava Helen Miller
burialPlace Cremated; ashes scattered at sea near Big Sur, California
child Edward Crellin Pauling
Linda Helen Pauling
Linus Carl Pauling Jr.
Peter Jeffress Pauling
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1903-12-24
dateOfDeath 1981-12-07
dateOfMarriage 1923-06-17
educatedAt Oregon State Agricultural College
ethnicGroup German American
gender female
influenced Linus Pauling
knownFor collaboration with Linus Pauling on peace activism
organizing petitions against nuclear testing
motherTongue English
movement anti–nuclear weapons movement
civil rights movement
peace movement
name Ava Helen Pauling
notableWork advocacy for civil liberties
campaigns against nuclear weapons testing
human rights activism
support for international peace organizations
numberOfChildren 4
partnerInActivism Linus Pauling
placeOfBirth Beavercreek, Oregon, United States
placeOfDeath Portland, Oregon, United States
religion Quakerism
residence Big Sur, California, United States
Pasadena, California, United States
spouse Linus Pauling
supportedCause civil liberties protections in the United States
international cooperation
nuclear disarmament
racial equality

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