About Marta Russell
Marta Russell (December 20, 1951 – December 15, 2013) 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. As a young adult, the Civil rights movement was active all across the Southern US and Russell was a part of it, volunteering for the ACLU to fight against racial segregation. As a young adult, Russell attended the Memphis College of Art and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
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