Marjorie Stoneman Douglas – Writer, Activist for Women, the Environment, Human Rights – Namesake School Shooting Tragedy

UNTIL THE RECENT PAST TRAGEDY AT MARJORIE STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, USA, MOST PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF MARJORIE STONEMAN DOUGLAS. BUT, HER HISTORY SHOWS A DYNAMIC WOMAN ACTIVIST FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS CAUSES. MARJORIE STONEMAN DOUGLAS WAS AN ACCLAIMED WRITER AND LIVED TO AGE 108!

USA – On the afternoon of February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area.

Seventeen people, mostly students, were killed in a tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — the 18^th US school shooting of the year.

In the seven short days since a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, teenagers who survived the violence have emerged as America’s most powerful advocates for reforming gun-control laws.