Queer Places:
Sunny Plain Cemetery
Bradford, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Ethel Marion Goldenbirch (February 27, 1931 - May 9, 2002) was a peace and women's rights activist. In 1983, Goldenbirch joined the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice, where she served as office coordinator. She served as caretaker for the farm owned by the Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice in Hampton from 1994-1995. In 1996, Goldenbirch became part of a group of women known as the North 40 Community in Melrose, Florida.
Ethel Marion Goldenbirch was born Ethel Marion Brown on a farm in Bradford, near East Washington, New Hampshire, the daughter of George Brown and Beatrice Rodenhieser. She graduated from Simonds High School in Warner, New Hampshire, and attended college at the University of New Hampshire for two years. She married William Miller, Jr., in 1953 and had four children. While her children were growing up she wrote a column for the local newspaper, voicing her opinions on recycling and disarmament, among other topics. In 1983 she joined the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice where she served as office coordinator. She divorced her husband and took a new name, Goldenbirch. She left New Hampshire in 1987 and moved to Florida where she served as caretaker for the farm owned by the Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice in Hampton from 1994-1995. In 1996 Goldenbirch became part of a group of women known as the North 40 Community in Melrose, Florida. She died in Gainesville, Florida, in 2002.
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