In Memory of Dorothy Stowe
Dorothy Stowe’s life was a life of action. She lived by her every conviction. Her life is an inspiration.
She started as a social worker, married a civil rights lawyer, hosted her wedding dinner at a formative U.S. association for civil rights, changed her family name in honour of a pioneering abolitionist, moved countries twice with her family to avoid supporting the Vietnam War through her taxes, and worked full-time as a family therapist to support her full-time peace activist husband.
Her life’s actions culminated in co-founding a global non-profit organisation, whose aim is to “ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity” through non-violent direct action.
Dorothy Stowe, co-founder of Greenpeace, passed away on July 23, 2010, at the age of 89. But her legacy lives on.
