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Caldicott, Helen Mary (1938- )
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Harvey, K, Caldicott, Helen Mary (1938- ), Opposition to war: An encyclopedia of U.S. peace and antiwar movements, MK Hall (ed), Santa Barbara, 1, pp. 102-103 (2018) [Entry]
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Abstract
Helen Caldicott is an Australian-born physician, author, antinuclear activist, and
founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament and Physicians for Social
Responsibility. Born Helen Broinowski in Melbourne, Victoria, she studied medicine
and surgery at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1961. The following
year she manied William Caldicott. Alongside a promising medical career, Helen
Caldicott soon developed a strong opposition to nuclear power and nuclear weapons.
In 1972, she became active in the movement against French nuclear testing in
the South Pacific, giving voice to longstanding concerns about the dangers of radioactive
fallout that she had developed since reading Neville Shute's On The Beach
(1957), a novel about the aftermath of a nuclear war set in Caldicott's hometown
of Melbourne.
Item Details
Item Type: | Entry |
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Keywords: | peace movement, nuclear weapons, feminism |
Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
Research Group: | Historical studies |
Research Field: | North American history |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding the past of the Americas |
UTAS Author: | Harvey, K (Dr Kyle Harvey) |
ID Code: | 127461 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Deposited By: | College Office - CALE |
Deposited On: | 2018-07-30 |
Last Modified: | 2018-07-30 |
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