Dorothy Stang ✓

(1931–2005) nun United States

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Dorothy Stang (1931–2005) was a United States nun.

About Dorothy Stang

Dorothy Mae Stang, SNDdeN, was an American-born Brazilian Catholic Religious Sister and missionary. She was murdered in Anapu, Pará, in the Amazon Basin in 2005. Stang had been outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment and had previously received death threats from loggers and landowners.

Awards:

United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

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