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| Born in ], Gilbert was the eldest of two children.<ref name=Strabala82>{{harvnb|Strabala|2006|p=82}}</ref> She was raised in a middle class setting. At the age of 18, in 1965, she joined a convent of the Dominican Order in ]. <ref name=James248>{{harvnb|James|2007|p=248}}</ref> Starting in 1969, Gilbert taught Junior High students at various schools around Michigan. This lasted until 1977 when she started to teach at the Alternative Leaning Center in ].<ref name=Strabala82 /> After 10 years of teaching, in 1979, she devoted her career to ]. | Born in ], Gilbert was the eldest of two children.<ref name=Strabala82>{{harvnb|Strabala|2006|p=82}}</ref> She was raised in a middle class setting. At the age of 18, in 1965, she joined a convent of the Dominican Order in ]. <ref name=James248>{{harvnb|James|2007|p=248}}</ref> Starting in 1969, Gilbert taught Junior High students at various schools around Michigan. This lasted until 1977 when she started to teach at the Alternative Leaning Center in ].<ref name=Strabala82 /> After 10 years of teaching, in 1979, she devoted her career to ]. | ||
| In 1998, Gilbert and four other protesters snuck onto ] while an air show was going on. The group banged on a ] with hammers and poured their own blood on it. For this, Gilbert spent 6 months in federal prison. |
In 1998, Gilbert and four other protesters snuck onto ] while an air show was going on. The group banged on a ] with hammers and poured their own blood on it. For this, Gilbert spent 6 months in federal prison.<ref name=James248/> In 2000, Gilbert and two other nuns, Sisters ] and ], snuck onto ] and sprinkled blood on a fighter plane.<ref>{{harvnb|Strabala|2006|p=84}}</ref> The group was arrested and held in a federal prison until the charges were dropped. In 2002, Between 2005 and 2006, Gilbert and Ardeth Platte were labeled as terrorists by the state of Maryland for their antiwar activism.<ref>{{harvnb|LoBianco|2008}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|"Maryland Nuns"|2008}}</ref> | ||
| ==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Sister Carol Gilbert, O.P. (Born 1947) was an American Dominican nun and anti-nuclear activist.
Born in Traverse City, Michigan, Gilbert was the eldest of two children. She was raised in a middle class setting. At the age of 18, in 1965, she joined a convent of the Dominican Order in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Starting in 1969, Gilbert taught Junior High students at various schools around Michigan. This lasted until 1977 when she started to teach at the Alternative Leaning Center in Saginaw, Michigan. After 10 years of teaching, in 1979, she devoted her career to plowshare activism.
In 1998, Gilbert and four other protesters snuck onto Andrews Air Force Base while an air show was going on. The group banged on a B-52 with hammers and poured their own blood on it. For this, Gilbert spent 6 months in federal prison. In 2000, Gilbert and two other nuns, Sisters Jackie Hudson and Ardeth Platte, snuck onto Peterson Air Force Base and sprinkled blood on a fighter plane. The group was arrested and held in a federal prison until the charges were dropped. In 2002, Between 2005 and 2006, Gilbert and Ardeth Platte were labeled as terrorists by the state of Maryland for their antiwar activism.
Notes
- ^ Strabala 2006, p. 82
- ^ James 2007, p. 248
- Strabala 2006, p. 84
- LoBianco 2008
- "Maryland Nuns" 2008 harvnb error: no target: CITEREF"Maryland_Nuns"2008 (help)
References and bibliography
- Berrigan, Daniel (2005). Genesis: Fair Beginnings, Then Foul. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9780742531925.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Head, Michael (2011). Crimes Against The State. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9780754678199.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - James, Joy (2007). Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 0822339234.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - LoBianco, Tom (2008). "Protesting nuns branded terrorists". The Washington Times. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Maryland Nuns Branded as Suspected Terrorists". Fox News. 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Strabala, William (2006). WMD, Nukes and Nuns. Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-0875864471.
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