Sister Megan Rice was a Catholic nun and a well-known activist against nuclear weapons.Rice joined the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus when she was 18 years old.
She taught elementary school for several years before beginning a long-term mission to Nigeria and Ghana, where she taught for decades.
Rice became involved in the anti-war movement in the 1980s, working to bring an end to nuclear proliferation and torture as well as war in general.
In the course of her activism, she was arrested dozens of times, including at age 82, when she and other activists entered the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, spray-painting antiwar slogans and splashing blood around the facility.
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