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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Karen Silkwood

1946 - 1974

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Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American chemical technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility. She worked at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site in Oklahoma, making plutonium pellets, and became the first woman on the union's negotiating team. After testifying to the Atomic Energy Commission about her concerns, she was found to have plutonium contamination on her body and in her home. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Silkwood has received more than 1,526,344 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Silkwood is the 482nd most popular social activist, the 8,553rd most popular biography from United States and the 73rd most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 43.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Karen Silkwood ranks 482 out of 538. Before her are Veerappan, Henry Spira, Fazu Aliyeva, Entisar Elsaeed, Josefa Francisco, and Betty Ong. After her are Yun Hyon-seok, Mohamed Bouazizi, Eoin O'Duffy, Berta Cáceres, Ella Baker, and Flora Brovina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Karen Silkwood ranks 543. Before her are Nader Al-Dahabi, Eric Van Lustbader, Valentin Gavrilov, Paavo Väyrynen, Abdul Qadir Bajamal, and Thelma Houston. After her are Steven R. Nagel, Jean Eyeghé Ndong, Milton Viera, Simeon Simeonov, P. P. Arnold, and Francesco Montenegro. Among people deceased in 1974, Karen Silkwood ranks 203. Before her are Clyde Cowan, Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Maturino Blanchet, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, and Jacob Bronowski. After her are Pedro Benítez, Leon Shamroy, V. K. Krishna Menon, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, Angelo Zorzi, and Giovanni D'Anzi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Silkwood ranks 8,553 out of 18,182. Before her are Charlotte Mineau (1886), Hilarie Burton (1982), Billy West (1952), Chesty Puller (1898), Klay Thompson (1990), and Patty Jenkins (1971). After her are Matthew Settle (1969), William C. Gorgas (1854), Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), Sara Gilbert (1975), Kay Lenz (1953), and Arthur Alexander (1940).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Karen Silkwood ranks 73. Before her are Bill Haywood (1869), Sumner Paine (1868), Ralph Abernathy (1926), Lucy Parsons (1853), James Meredith (1933), and Betty Ong (1956). After her are Ella Baker (1903), Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890), Martin Luther King III (1957), Sylvia Rivera (1951), Lillian Wald (1867), and Aaron Swartz (1986).

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