Grace Thorpe (10 December 1921 – 1 April 2008) was a World War II veteran, and Native rights and environmental activist. She served with the Women's Army Corps and received a Bronze Star Medal for her service in the New Guinea campaign. She later became a tribal district court judge. She attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and the Antioch School of Law. She received a Nuclear-Free Future Award in 1999 for her opposition to storing toxic and radioactive waste on indigenous land.
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10 December 1921
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Died |
1 April 2008 (aged 86)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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