Ellen Thomas (born January 24, 1947) is an American peace activist. She first became involved with the

White House Peace Vigil The White House Peace Vigil is an anti-nuclear weapons peace vigil started by William Thomas in 1981. Thomas believed it to be the longest running uninterrupted anti-war protest in U.S. history. After Thomas's death in 2009, it was maintained ...

on April 13, 1984. The daughter of a US Marine, Thomas was born in

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and grew up in

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. She became opposed to nuclear weapons during her childhood. In protest at the policies of the

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, she became a

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by simply living below the

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. On May 6, 1984, Ellen Benjamin married

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in a Quaker wedding to become Ellen Thomas. Thomas and her husband protested together for a number of years, until his death in January 2009 of

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. Ellen also heads The Proposition One Non-Radioactive Nuclear Review, a traveling multimedia troupe that educates the public on the dangers of a nuclear future. In 1993 she helped coordinate the successful Washington DC ballot initiative for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion. Ellen formally served on the Washington Peace Center's board of directors, but has since moved to North Carolina. ''The Oracles of Pennsylvania Avenue'' (2012) by Tim Wilkerson, a documentary commissioned by the

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, recounts the lives of William and Ellen Thomas,

Concepción Picciotto Concepción Picciotto (born María de la Inmaculada Concepción Martín; 15 January 1936 – 25 January 2016), also known as Conchita or Connie, was a Spanish-American, Spanish-born, United States–based peace activist. She lived in Lafayette S ...

and

Norman Mayer Norman David Mayer (March 31, 1916 – December 9, 1982) was an American anti-nuclear weapons activist who was shot and killed by the United States Park Police after threatening to blow up the Washington Monument. Early life Mayer was born in El ...

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Peace Park Website

Washington Peace Center
American anti-war activists American anti–nuclear weapons activists Living people American tax resisters 1947 births American Quakers Place of birth missing (living people) {{WashingtonDC-politician-stub

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