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Doctor Helen Caldicott

BIRTHDAY: August 7

ABOUT HER
Australian physician Dr. Caldicott devoted herself to the treatment of children afflicted with cystic fibrosis until the 1970s. Then she resigned from the faculty of Harvard Medical School to start and head Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND).

Both PSR and WAND have been at the forefront of the nuclear-freeze movement ever since. International PSR received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 and Dr. Caldicott herself was personally nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Linus Pauling, a Nobel Laureate. For more than two decades she has tirelessly and eloquently spoken to groups around the world on behalf of nuclear disarmament.

Her life has been the subject of several movies, including Eight Minutes to Midnight, and If You Love This Planet, which won the Academy Award for best documentary in 1983.

AWARDS/HONORS

• Nobel Peace Prize nominee
• Peace Medal Award
• Integrity Award (John-Roger Foundation), which she shared with Bishop Desmond TuTu
• Peace Award (American Association of University Women)
• SANE Peace Award
• Ghandi Peace Prize

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Nuclear Madness, by Dr. Caldicott
Missile Envy, by Dr. Caldicott
A Desperate Passion- An Autobiography, by Dr. Caldicott
If You Love This Planet, by Dr. Caldicott
Nuclear Madness, by Dr. Caldicott

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