Mary Beth Schlagheck
/Overview
Mary Beth Schlagheck born Richmond Center, WI September 3, 1938. Peace activist; arrests for nonviolent protests at Nevada Test Site; Whiteman AFB.; Offut AFB; Truax AFB; drone protest Volk Field 2013; cared for 11 children of imprisoned protester Helen Woodson 1982; chaired Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice; began 35+ year weekly peace vigil Mondays at Madison IRS 1981-present.
Quotations
"To be that presence in the public square—it just seems so American to me." (Wisc. State Journal, Dec. 6, 2011; photo community shares.com)