HELEN CALDICOTT IS AN AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR WHO IN THE 1970’S BECAME A LEADER IN THE ANTI- NUCLEAR MOVEMENT THROUGH TWO GROUPS SHE FOUNDED: PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WOMEN’S ACTION FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT. CALDICOTT HAS WRITTEN A NEW MEMOIR ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ACTIVISM ON HER LIFE. IT’S CALLED A DESPERATE PASSION.
HELEN CALDICOTT
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