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Nuns against nuclear weapons – Plowshares protesters have fought for disarmament for over 40 years, going to prison for peace

  • Written by Carole Sargent, Literary Historian, Georgetown University
Nuns against nuclear weapons – Plowshares protesters have fought for disarmament for over 40 years, going to prison for peaceSister Megan Rice answers questions from members of a church group at a home in Maryville, Tennessee, in 2013.Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty Images

In July 2012 Sister Megan Rice, an 82-year-old Catholic nun, and two men walked past multiple broken security cameras and into the heart of a high-security nuclear complex. Y-12 in Oak...

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