The lifelong peace activist Sister Anne Montgomery has died at the age of 85. Montgomery took part in a number of Plowshares disarmament protests and spent more than three years in prison for taking part in antiwar civil disobedience.

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The lifelong peace activist Sister Anne Montgomery has died at the age of 85. Montgomery took part in a number of Plowshares disarmament protests and spent more than three years in prison for taking part in antiwar civil disobedience.