Longtime Nevada activist Maya Miller dies

[Kadie]

Longtime Nevada activist Maya Miller dies
By BRENDAN RILEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Maya Miller, a philanthropist who championed women's rights along with many environmental, liberal and progressive causes for decades, died Wednesday at her Washoe Valley ranch home. She was 90.

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"She had compassion for everyone, especially for the people who have it the roughest - women and children," said her daughter, Kit Miller. "They were her No. 1 priority."

"She was so openhearted and would give everyone a chance - but she had a very hard, fighting side and the good old boys' network really rubbed her the wrong way."

Miller's activism won her a spot on then-President Nixon's "enemies list" during the Vietnam War era. A board member of the national League of Women Voters, she resigned when the league voted down an anti-war resolution in 1969.

Miller also was a founder of the Washington, D.C.-based Women's Campaign Fund and an early backer of Emily's List, which supports women candidates in national races.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/may/31/053110151.html

[Kadie]

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2. A life well lived.

Ms. Miller has certainly earned her rest. Hopefully, others will continue her work and she will be honored in that.

[newyawker99]

3. Rest in peace Ms Miller.