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- Birth nameMegan Gillespie Rice
- Megan Rice was born on January 31, 1930 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She died on October 10, 2021 in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Was a nuclear disarmament activist who was notable for illegally entering the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at the age of 82, with two fellow activists of the Transform Now Plowshares group. The action was a nuclear disarmament protest referred to as "the biggest security breach in the history of the nation's atomic complex.".
- Was an elementary school teacher and taught in the early grades in Mount Vernon, New York. She then served various stints as a teacher in Nigeria and Ghana from 1962 to 2004.
- Attended Fordham University before graduating from Villanova University in 1957 with a bachelor's degree in biology. She then studied cellular biology at Boston College, where she received a master's degree.
- Catholic nun who was a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and former missionary.
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