Julia Bonds

Julia "Judy" Bonds
Julia Bonds, in 2003.
BornAugust 27, 1952
Marfork Hollow, West Virginia
DiedJanuary 3, 2011(2011-01-03) (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).[1] She has been called "the godmother of the anti-mountaintop removal movement."[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference crmw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Kate Sheppard (January 4, 2011). "Mourning the Loss of the "Godmother of the Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement". Mother Jones. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  3. ^ Hevesi, Dennis (January 15, 2011). "Judy Bonds, Enemy of Mountaintop Coal Mining, Dies at 58". New York Times. Retrieved 2021-08-09.