Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs speaks from the pulpit at the Love Canal Homeowners Association's meeting at the Wesley United Methodist Church, Niagara Falls, New York, May 21, 1980

Gibbs, Lois Marie

Love Canal Homeowners Association

Wesley United Methodist Church (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)

Public meetings

Community activists

Public health--Citizen participation

Political participation

Hazardous waste sites

Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)

Love Canal homeowner and activist Lois Gibbs speaks into a microphone from the wooden church pulpit of the Wesley United Methodist Church, Niagara Falls, New York. The pulpit is covered with a white cloth featuring a gold cross. Behind them, large wooden-framed stained glass windows dominate the background. A row of lit candles is visible to the right. Another person wearing glasses and a white jacket sits behind a partition to the left, listening attentively. Lois Gibbs wears a “Love Canal” shirt, indicating the context relates to the environmental and public health activism surrounding the Love Canal crisis; photographed by Penelope D. Ploughman.

Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1980-05-21

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Love Canal Images. LIB-003

Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection. MS-0100