Kitty Cone, Progressive Activist and Disability Rights Leader, Dies at 70
Posted on March 23, 2015
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This is a post about Kitty Cone. Kitty died on March 21 at the age of 70. She was a disability rights leader. She was one of the lead organizers of the 1977 demonstrations where people with disabilities protested the government’s failure to make rules for Section 504 of the Rehab Act. Section 504 was an important step towards passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Kitty was also involved in other struggles for justice and equality. She fought racism and organized against the war in Viet Nam. She cared about the environment and left a legacy of friendship, kindness and commitment to peace and social justice.
Kitty Cone’s final Facebook post is dated February 14, 2015. “Excellent explanation of dangers of fracking,” she wrote above a Sierra Club video explaining the dirty energy process. Every Facebook Post on Kitty’s page after that is an outpouring of love and support from friends and family near and far. It is a fitting social media ending for the life-long activist who died on March 21, 2015 at the age of 70.
With Kitty’s death the world has lost [...]