Julia Bonds
Julia "Judy" Bonds | |
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Julia Bonds, in 2003. | |
| Born | August 27, 1952 Marfork Hollow, West Virginia |
| Died | January 3, 2011 (aged 58) West Virginia |
| Occupation(s) | Environmental activist, community leader |
Julia "Judy" Belle Thompson Bonds (August 27, 1952 – January 3, 2011) was an organizer and activist from the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, United States. Raised in a family of coal miners, she worked from an early age at minimum wage jobs. Bonds was the director of Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW). She has been called "the godmother of the anti-mountaintop removal movement."