Ardeth Platte
Ardeth Platte, O. P. , (10 April 1936 - 30 September 2020), was an American Dominican religious sister and anti-nuclear activist, and inspired a character named Sister Jane Ingalls (played by Beth Fowler) in the Netflix hit "Orange is the New Black. " She was admitted into the Michigan Women's hall of fame in 1999.
Activism
Platte is most famously known for breaching a nuclear missile site in Colorado with fellow Dominican nuns Sister Carol Gilbert and Sister Jackie Hudson. Snipping through the chain-link fence using bolt cutters, Platte and the other nuns poured blood out of a baby bottle in the shape of a cross on a nuclear silo to remember victims of war. They then unfurled a peace banner, reciting a prayer, "Oh God, help us to be peacemakers in this hostile world. " For these actions, Platte was sent to prison in Danbury, Connecticut, where she stayed for 41 months.
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1936 births
2020 deaths
People from Lansing, Michigan
American activists