1. Petra Karin Kelly was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist.
17 Facts About Petra Kelly
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Petra Kelly was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence both nationally in Germany and worldwide.
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Petra Kelly changed her name to Kelly after her mother married John E Kelly, a US Army officer.
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Petra Kelly was educated in a Catholic convent in Gunzburg and later attended school in Georgia and Virginia after her family relocated to the United States in 1959.
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Petra Kelly lived and studied in the United States until her return to West Germany in 1970.
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Petra Kelly retained her West German citizenship throughout her life.
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Petra Kelly studied political science at the School of International Service at American University, from which she graduated in 1970 with a bachelor's degree.
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Petra Kelly graduated from the European Institute at the University of Amsterdam in 1971 with a master's degree.
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Petra Kelly was one of the founders of Die Grunen, the German Green Party in 1979.
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Petra Kelly was re-elected in 1987 with a higher share of the vote.
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In 1981, Petra Kelly was involved in a protest of 400,000 people in Bonn against nuclear weapons.
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Petra Kelly wore a pullover with the words "Swords to Ploughshares" on it.
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Petra Kelly demanded the release of all prisoners of the East German peace movement and asked Honecker why he repressed something in the GDR which he supported in the West.
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Petra Kelly wrote the book Fighting for Hope in 1984, published by South End Press.
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The police determined that Petra Kelly was shot dead while sleeping by Bastian, who then died of suicide.
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The last time anyone heard from the couple was on 30 September 1992 when Petra Kelly sent a parcel to her grandmother.
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Petra Kelly was buried in the Waldfriedhof in Wurzburg, near the village of Heidingsfeld in Lower Franconia, Bavaria.