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242 suPPLemenTaL LisT oF Women enVironmenTaL aCTiVisTs This book does not include interviews with all of the courageous and visionary women who worked to protect Louisiana’s environment in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Some of the women died before the project began, and some we were unable to speak with because of time and resource shortages . Although they are not featured in the book, they nevertheless made extremely important contributions and we are indebted to all of them. Please forgive me if your name is not on the following list. I did not intentionally omit anyone. Listed are the names of some of the women I met during my activism; other names were given to me by friends. Dr. Velma Campbell of Colorado was a catalyst for bringing medical treatment issues related to the environment to the forefront.Ruby Cointment (Gonzales,Louisiana ) worked with Theresa Robert to stop the IT Corporation from building a hazardous waste facility in her community.Helga Cernicek (deceased), formerly of New Orleans, participated in Louisiana wetland research that provided important data to LSU staff members and students alike. Brenda Davis (Westlake,Louisiana) organized her community to plant nearly fifteen thousand cypress seedlings on the Calcasieu River over a five-year period. Barbara Dodd (Covington, Louisiana), one of only two volunteer lobbyists for the environmental community, brought a seasoned and progressive voice to many discussions with government employees and legislators. Ruth Duhon (deceased), formerly of Sulphur, Louisiana, was a founding member of the High Hope Road Committee. Catherine Ewell, formerly of Zachary, Louisiana, lived on the Ewell farm adjacent to Devil’s Swamp and was the first to keep meticulous records about air and water pollution in the area. Doris Falkenheiner (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) participated in restoring the Atchalalaya Basin’s wetlands; she also served on the legal advisory board of the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic.Mary Fontenot,of Baton Rouge,Louisiana , helped collect thousands of signatures to stop the burning of PCBs at the Rollins facility in Alsen, Louisiana. Charlotte Fremaux (New Orleans, Louisiana) helped Frank Ehret Jr. establish the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. Evelyn Fulgenz (deceased), formerly of Lake Charles, sUPPleMental฀list฀of฀woMen฀environMental฀activists 243 Louisiana, successfully lobbied members of Congress to defeat ocean incineration in the Gulf of Mexico. Maxine Hargar (Sulphur, Louisiana) spent thousands of hours researching complicated environmental documents and putting them into laymen’s terms for environmentalists to use at public hearings. Patricia Norton Hudnal (San Francisco, California) was the first female appointed as secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; in her position, she not only represented industry, but also became an advocate for citizen involvement, especially for African Americans living in communities like Alsen and Willow Springs; opening the door for citizen input caused the demise of her state job. Emma Johnson (deceased), formerly of Alsen, Louisiana, kept meticulous records about the pollution problems in the area. Mabel Rigmaiden Jones and her mother, Beaulah Rigmaiden, of Westlake, Louisiana, passed a petition in her neighborhood to close the BFI landfill; they were also founding members of the High Hope Road Committee. Pam Kaster (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) worked with Citizens for a Clean Environment in stopping the burning of PCBs at the Rollins incinerator. Dr. Carolyn Morillo (New Orleans, Louisiana) was a principal supporter of the Ecology Center. Joan Phillips (deceased), formerly of New Orleans, was a leader in raising awareness about the need to address coastal wetland loss; according to Dr. Oliver Houck, founder of the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, she saved Lake Pontchartrain. Anne Plettinger, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was involved in the highly secretive Manhattan Project as a nuclear physicist. Nancy Roberts (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was a member of Friends of the Environment, which focused on air pollution. Bunny Snow (Lafayette, Louisiana) worked on issues pertaining to multiple chemical sensitivity and sanitation; she also opposed a statewide landfill and garbage incinerator that would have been relocated in the recharge zone of the Chicot Aquifer. Ramona Stevens (deceased), formerly of Prairieville, Louisiana, became an activist when her husband took part in the BASF (a large, German-based chemical company) lockout from 1985 to 1991; she helped local citizens organize,took samples to identify pollution, and challenged local and state government and industry. Kathy Wascom (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is one of only two volunteer lobbyists for the environmental community in Louisiana; as president of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, she received an award for spearheading the LWF’s used motor oil...

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