Marta Russell
Marta Russell was an American writer and disability rights activist. Her book, Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract published in 1998 by Common Courage Press analyzes the relationship between disability, social Darwinism, and economic austerity under capitalism. Her political views, which she described as "left, not liberal," informed her writing on topics such as healthcare, the prison-industrial complex, physician-assisted suicide, poverty, ableism, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
20 December 1951
Born on the same birth date (20 December 1951): Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan
Born on the same birth day (20 December): Audrey Totter • Bill Hosket Jr. • Bob Hayes • Bouabdellah Tahri • Dennis Morgan • Fabian Schär • Ferdinand Bonn • Guy Babylon • Jenny Agutter • Joe Cornish • John Hillerman • Kim Weston • Kylian Mbappé • Mala Powers • Mike Watt • Mitsuko Uchida • Rich Gannon • Spud Davis • Trent Tucker • Uri Geller
Born in the same month (December 1951): Aykut Barka • Bill Bryson • George Donikian • Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster • Jaco Pastorius • Jim Brewer (basketball) • Johnny Rodriguez • Kenny Roberts • Mohammad Reza Aref • Pat Hill • Ray Candy • Ria Stalman • Richard Desmond • Tim Webster • Treat Williams • Willem de Blécourt