Frieda Berryhill

Who is Frieda Berryhill?

Frieda Berryhill was an American anti-nuclear and peace activist.

Berryhill was born in Waidhoven, Austria, during the time of the expanding right wing movement. After the war, she met an American officer, emigrated to the United States and settled in North Carolina where they were married.

She is an American citizen since 1949. During the 1970s she supported the referendum against the nuclear power plant in her homeland: the Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant. Her greatest achievement was the opposition to a nuclear power plant planned by Delmarva Power on the banks of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

In 2006, she warned of the consequences of a nuclear attack on Iran. She also protested against the Patriot Act and took part in demonstrations in Washington D.C.

She died in Wilmington, Delaware. The Indian consultant Arun Shrivastava published an obituary on 15 November 2012.