Yelena Bonner

Yelena (or Elena) Georgevna Bonner (Russian: Елена Георгиевна Боннэр; 15 February 1923 – 18 June 2011) was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and widow of the late Andrei Sakharov.

Quotes

 * It cost Andrei Dmitrievich 10 months of complete isolation and two hunger strikes over two months, which had a terrible effect on his health. The effects are still felt to this day.
 * Of the effort to get her to the USA for an operation. Washington Post November 16, 1989