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Julia Butterfly Hill

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Julia Lorraine Hill (born February 18, 1974), best known as Julia Butterfly Hill, is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She lived in a 200-foot (61 m)-tall, approximately 1,000-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997, and December 18, 1999. Hill lived in a tent near the top of a tree, affectionately known as Luna, to prevent Pacific Lumber Company loggers from cutting it down. She ultimately reached an agreement with the lumber company to save the tree. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Julia Butterfly Hill is the 705th most popular social activist, the 13,656th most popular biography from United States and the 119th most popular American Social Activist.

Julia Butterfly Hill is most famous for her two-year tree-sit in a redwood tree named Luna, which she undertook to protest logging in Northern California. Her activism brought significant attention to environmental issues and led to the protection of the area surrounding Luna.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Julia Butterfly Hill ranks 705 out of 840. Before her are Indira Bajramović, Rajmohan Gandhi, Eren Keskin, Zahra Eshraghi, Maxim Martsinkevich, and Stanislav Markelov. After her are Anna Hutsol, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Pauli Murray, Susana Trimarco, Yoani Sánchez, and Judith Heumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Julia Butterfly Hill ranks 441. Before her are Stéphane Henchoz, Kārlis Skrastiņš, Denis Caniza, Eva Melander, Stanislav Markelov, and Dado Coletti. After her are Gürkan Uygun, Brent Hinds, Margo Dydek, Sébastien Foucan, Shaun Tan, and Tor Arne Hetland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julia Butterfly Hill ranks 13,660 out of 20,380. Before her are Eddie Sachs (1927), John Carl Buechler (1952), Arthur Kopit (1937), Robert Ashley (1930), Brit Marling (1983), and John Lindsay (1921). After her are Apollo Crews (1987), Linda M. Godwin (1952), Bobby Bare (1935), Dan Caine (1968), Aly Raisman (1994), and John Stossel (1947).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Julia Butterfly Hill ranks 119. Before her are Air Force Amy (1970), Juliette Gordon Low (1860), Rachel Corrie (1979), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Bobby Henderson (1980), and Betty Ong (1956). After her are Pauli Murray (1910), Judith Heumann (1947), Grace Abbott (1878), Gloria Allred (1941), Derek Chauvin (1976), and Crystal Eastman (1881).

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