for: story of hope - Stephanie May

story of hope

• Stephanie May was a housewife who one day read the story of nuclear test fallout in the atmosphere and was dismayed
• She started petition, phoned local people, worked with other housewife to get thousands of people to sign peittion
• In 3 years, she mobilized mothers around the US, met Betrand Russell in UK, mobilized UK housewives.
• Went on hunger strike in front of Russian embassy and inspired mothers across the US to also perform hunger strikes
• She created a mobilization of a previously diffuse group
• She had good understanding of different worldviews
• Ultimately, she played an important role in securing a treaty to ban nuclear testing in the atmosphere