Dorothy Stang, American-Brazilian nun and missionary (born 1931)

Dorothy Stang

Brazilian activist (1931–2005)

Dorothy Mae Stang was an American-born Brazilian Catholic nun and martyr. She was murdered in Anapu, Pará, in the Amazon Basin in 2005. Stang had been outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment and had previously received death threats from loggers and…