American journalist, author, and activist (born 1951)

Marta Russell

Marta Russell was an American writer and disability rights activist. Her book, Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract published in 1998 by Common Courage Press analyzes the relationship between disability, social Darwinism, and economic austerity under capitalism. Her political views, which she described as "left, not liberal," informed her writing on topics such as healthcare, the prison-industrial complex, physician-assisted suicide, poverty, ableism, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Born

1951

December 20

Died

2013

Era

1950s

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Marta, in brief

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2013 Died

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69 Antonius Primus enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor for Nero's former general Vespasian.
944 Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos is arrested by two of his sons, forced to abdicate and to live as a monk for the rest of his life.
1046 Emperor Henry III convenes the synod of Sutri to mediate between different claimants to the papacy.
1192 Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.

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The world in 1951

When Marta arrived

april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Branch Rickey 1881–1965 American baseball player and manager (died 1965) Charlie Callas 1924–2011 American actor and comedian (died 2011) Geoffrey Howe 1926–2015 Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2015) Rana Bhagwandas 1942–2015 Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (died 2015) Sandra Cisneros 1954– American author and poet Sidney Hook 1902– American philosopher and author (died 1989) Vakkom Majeed 1909–2000 Indian journalist and politician (died 2000)

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Also born in 1951

Alley Mills 1951– American actress Andrei Kozyrev 1951– Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Ashok Gehlot 1951– Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan Barry Marshall 1951– Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Bobby Jones 1951–1971 American basketball player Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Charly García 1951– Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player Chesley Sullenberger 1951– American airline pilot and safety expert Chris Cooper 1951– American actor

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