Grace Thorpe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Grace Thorpe

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1921

Place of Birth: Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 01-Apr-2008

Profession: environmentalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Grace Thorpe (10 December 1921 – 1 April 2008) was a World War II veteran, and Native rights and environmental activist.
She served with the Women's Army Corps and received a Bronze Star Medal for her service in the New Guinea campaign.
She later became a tribal district court judge.
She attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and the Antioch School of Law.
She received a Nuclear-Free Future Award in 1999 for her opposition to storing toxic and radioactive waste on indigenous land.Her father was well-known American football player and Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe.