Ellen Peterson
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Ellen Peterson | |
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 Ellen Peterson in Estero, Florida, 2010 | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
Ellen Peterson (December 5, 1923 – October 14, 2011) was an American activist.
Early life and education
[edit]Peterson was born Yancey Ellen Salisbury in Charlotte, North Carolina [1] on December 5, 1923 to Sehlby Walker Salibsury and Yancey Long. She was a 1945 graduate of the University of Georgia[2] and earned a master's degree in counseling from Appalachian State University[3] in 1966.
Career
[edit]Peterson founded five different non-profit environmental organizations in her lifetime and was a fierce protector of Florida's waterways and the Everglades. Peterson was a well-known environmental, and peace and justice activist who protested against nuclear power plants and coal fired plants in the Everglades and wetlands of South Florida.
She founded Save Our Creeks[4] in Palmdale, Florida[5][6] to save FishEating Creek in Glades County, Florida.
In 2006, she founded the Happehatchee Center, a nonprofit eco-spiritual center for the Lee County community that held New Age spirituality classes, in Estero, Florida.[7][8] Upon her death October 14, 2011 her estate established a trust with a board of directors charged with making the property open to the public.[9] Six months later the center was closed for two months while the programs were restructured.[9] The Happehatchee Center building acquired from the Buckingham Airfield in 1947 was declared an Individual Historic Resource by the Lee County Historic Preservation Program on November 28, 2012.[10]
Personal life and death
[edit]Peterson was married multiple times.[11] She died at the age of 87 at her home in Estero, Florida on October 14, 2011.
References
[edit]- ^ "Delayed Certificate of Birth Registration". Family Search. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Conservationist of the Year Award". Family Search. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Appalachian State Teachers Masters Degree". Family Search. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/13B3D67BC9B88A68?p=AWNB
- ^ "Battle over Fisheating creek". The News-Press. Retrieved 11 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Senator's family key in $89M deal to protect Everglades tributary". Orlando Sentinel. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Maryann Batlle. "Happehatchee is Estero's endangered refuge - Naples Daily News". Naples Daily News. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ LIANE EDIXON. "Happehatchee: Ellen Peterson creates a spiritual retreat on the Estero River". Naples Daily News. Retrieved 11 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Protestors not happy with temporary closing of Happehatchee Center"[permanent dead link]. Naples Daily News, TRACY X. MIGUEL-NAVARRO. May 1, 2012
- ^ (November 28, 2012). HDC 2012 0005 Happehatchee Girl Scout Camp Caloosa. Lee County Southwest Florida Historic Preservation Program Designation Report. FSF No 8LL02622
- ^ LANCE SHEARER. "The hell-raiser: Ellen Peterson founded the Happehatchee Center to make the world a better place". Naples Daily News. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.