# Ellen Garwood

> Ellen Burdine Clayton Garwood was an American philanthropist, writer, oral historian, and activist whose life and legacy became closely intertwined with major sociopolitical and ideological struggles of the twentieth century. She is best known for her high-profile financial support of the Nicaraguan Contras in the 1980s, which she said was motivated by reports of widespread human rights abuses under the communist Sandinista regime.

*American philanthropist (1903-19930*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1903
- **Died:** 1993-03-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Ellen Burdine Clayton Garwood was an American philanthropist, writer, oral historian, and activist whose life and legacy became closely intertwined with major sociopolitical and ideological struggles of the twentieth century. She is best known for her high-profile financial support of the Nicaraguan Contras in the 1980s, which she said was motivated by reports of widespread human rights abuses under the communist Sandinista regime.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 33.6
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
- [Ellen Garwood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Garwood)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94114102)

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