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): Anita Ward • Anthony da Silva • Benito Lorenzi • David Breashears • Elsie de Wolfe • Fabian Schär • Grant Flower • Jackie Fox • Jean-Claude Trichet • Jim Simpson (sportscaster) • Joel Gretsch • Kim Weston • Mark Coleman • Mitsuko Uchida • Oronce Fine • Yvonne Arnaud
Born in the same month (December 1951): Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven • Anthony Phillips • Gary Rossington • Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster • Jaco Pastorius • John D'Acquisto • Johnny Rodriguez • Ken Hitchcock • Maurice Hope • Mazlan Othman • Mike Bantom • Mike Stock (musician) • Nick Kent • Nick Rose (runner) • Nozipho Schroeder • Pat Hill • Patricia Wettig • Ria Stalman • Richard Desmond • Tatyana Kazankina • Wendy Ellis Somes • Yvonne Elliman