(1941-)
US folk singer and pacifist activist. Her pure soprano in the early 1960s popularized traditional English and American folk songs such as ‘Silver Dagger’ and ‘We Shall Overcome’ (an anthem of the civil-rights movement). She helped Bob Dylan at the start of his career and has recorded many of his songs. She founded the Institute for the Study of Non-Violence in Carmel, California, 1965.