Petra Kelly

ABOUT PETRA KELLY

German politician who help found Germany's Green Party and was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1982.

She graduated from American University in Washington D.C with a degree in political science.

She was murdered in 1992 while sleeping; shot by her partner, Gert Bastien - just before he turned the gun on himself.

She changed her last name from Lehmann to Kelly after her mother married John E. Kelly.

She was a strong supporter of Martin Luther King Jr.