Macy Morse is an American

United States

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 non-violent peace activist

Peace activist

This list of peace activists includes people who proactively advocate diplomatic, non-military resolution of political disputes, usually through nonviolent means.A peace activist is an activist of the peace movement.*Jane Addams*Martti Ahtisaari...

, and anti-nuclear

Anti-nuclear

The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes the use of nuclear technologies. Many direct action groups, environmental groups, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, national, and international level...

 activist.

History and background

Macy Elkins was born in Molalla, Oregon

Molalla, Oregon

Molalla is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 5,647 at the 2000 census.-History:Molalla was named after the Molalla River, which in turn was named for the Molala, a Native American tribe that inhabited the area. William H. Vaughan took up a donation land claim in...

, a Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

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 logging town. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Oregon Trail

Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail is a historic east-west wagon route that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon and locations in between.After 1840 steam-powered riverboats and steamboats traversing up and down the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers sped settlement and development in the flat...

 pioneer Luther Elkins

Luther Elkins

Luther Elkins was an American politician and pioneer in the state of Oregon. Born in Cornville, Maine and married to Philotheta Williams, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory overland via the Oregon Trail in 1852. He served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature and was a delegate to the Oregon...

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Protests against the Vietnam War

Macy Morse, along with others, formed the Nashua, New Hampshire

Nashua, New Hampshire

-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...

 People Concerned About the War in Vietnam to help end United States involvement in the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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Avco Plowshares

Morse was a participant of Avco Plowshares, an action group of the Plowshares Movement

Plowshares Movement

The Plowshares Movement is an anti-nuclear weapons movement that gained notoriety in the early 1980s when several members damaged government property and were subsequently convicted.-History:...

. The group was set up to target Avco Corporation, a military contractor and subsidiary of Textron

Textron

Textron is a conglomerate that includes Bell Helicopter, E-Z-GO, Cessna Aircraft Company, and Greenlee, among others. It was founded by Royal Little in 1923 as the Special Yarns Company, and is headquartered at the Textron Tower in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.With total revenues of...

. The group entered the Avco Systems Division in Wilmington, Massachusetts

Wilmington, Massachusetts

Wilmington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,325 at the 2010 census.-History:Wilmington was first settled in 1665 and was officially incorporated in 1730, from parts of Woburn, Reading and Billerica. Minutemen from Wilmington responded to the alarm...

 and hammered on manufacturing equipment and poured blood on documents entitled "MX Peacekeeper". She served eight days in Framingham Mass. jail.

Non-violent action at Secretary of State's office

In 1981, to protest Reagan Administration nuclear first strike policies, Morse helped coordinate a peaceful action in the offices of Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig

Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...

, then the Secretary of State to President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

 . Along with others, she made her way into the offices of the Secretary and splashed human blood onto the carpet and furniture. Arrested, Morse was tried and served 18 days in the Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 city jail.

External links

• http://www.portsmouthpeace.org