Lifestory: Celebrating Sister Ardeth Platte, anti-nuclear activist and “peacemaker in a hostile world”
In an article first published on The Conversation, CAROL SARGENT, of Georgetown University, writes about the life of activist nun Sister Ardeth Platte who died last month at the age of 84…
Ardeth Platte, Dominican nun dedicated to no-nukes cause, dies in the US at 84
RNS Sister Ardeth Platte, a Dominican order nun who fought for nuclear disarmament and later served as an inspiration for a character on the popular Netflix show Orange Is the New Black, died in her sleep at the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Platte, 84, who often worked in tandem […]