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Ellen Thomas (born January 24, 1947) is an American peace activist. She first became involved with the White House Peace Vigil on April 13, 1984. The daughter of a U.S. Marine, Thomas was born in Brooklyn and grew up in California. She became opposed to nuclear weapons during her childhood.〔(Ellen Thomas )〕 In protest at the policies of United States government, she became a tax resister by simply living below the income tax threshold. On May 6, 1984, Ellen Benjamin married Thomas in a Quaker wedding to become Ellen Thomas.〔(Birth of a street person by Lloyd Grove )〕 Ellen and her husband protested together for a number of years, until Thomas died in January 2009 of pulmonary disease.〔http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/39316〕 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.〔(Anti-nuclear activists to visit today )〕 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 Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, recounts the lives of William and Ellen Thomas, Concepcion Picciotto and Norman Mayer.〔(The Oracles of Pennsylvania Avenue )〕 ==See also== *List of peace activists *Concepcion Picciotto *Brian Haw *Parliament Square Peace Campaign 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellen Thomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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