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Karen Silkwood

Labor union activist, chemical technician

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born
1946
died
1974
age at death
28
known for
chemist, trade unionist, activist

1946 – 1974

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Karen Gay Silkwood was an American laboratory technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety at Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site, a nuclear facility, in Crescent, Oklahoma.

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