Ava Helen Pauling
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Ava Helen Pauling was an American human rights, peace, and civil liberties activist who worked closely with her husband, Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, in campaigns against nuclear weapons testing and for social justice.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ava Helen Pauling canonical | 8 |
| Ava Helen Miller | 1 |
| Edward Crellin Pauling | 1 |
| Pauling | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ava Helen Pauling Context triple: [Linus Pauling, spouse, Ava Helen Pauling]
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Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
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B.
Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson is an American physicist and trailblazing academic leader renowned for her pioneering research in theoretical physics and for being one of the first Black women to earn a Ph.D. from MIT.
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Rebecca Brien Howland
Rebecca Brien Howland was the first wife of James Roosevelt I and the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
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D.
Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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E.
Michelle Feynman
Michelle Feynman is an American editor and author best known for compiling and curating collections of her father Richard Feynman’s letters and writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ava Helen Pauling Target entity description: Ava Helen Pauling was an American human rights, peace, and civil liberties activist who worked closely with her husband, Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, in campaigns against nuclear weapons testing and for social justice.
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A.
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
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B.
Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson is an American physicist and trailblazing academic leader renowned for her pioneering research in theoretical physics and for being one of the first Black women to earn a Ph.D. from MIT.
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C.
Rebecca Brien Howland
Rebecca Brien Howland was the first wife of James Roosevelt I and the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
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D.
Sally Kornbluth
Sally Kornbluth is an American cell biologist and academic leader who became the 18th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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E.
Michelle Feynman
Michelle Feynman is an American editor and author best known for compiling and curating collections of her father Richard Feynman’s letters and writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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civil liberties activist ⓘ human ⓘ human rights activist ⓘ peace activist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Civil Liberties Union
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Fellowship of Reconciliation ⓘ Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom ⓘ |
| birthName |
Ava Helen Miller
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linked to:
Ava Helen Pauling
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| burialPlace | Cremated; ashes scattered at sea near Big Sur, California ⓘ |
| child |
Edward Crellin Pauling
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linked to:
Ava Helen Pauling
Linda Helen Pauling ⓘ Linus Carl Pauling Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Linus Pauling
Peter Jeffress Pauling ⓘ
linked to:
Linus Pauling
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1903-12-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-12-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1923-06-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oregon State Agricultural College
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linked to:
Oregon State University
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| ethnicGroup | German American ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influenced | Linus Pauling ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaboration with Linus Pauling on peace activism
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organizing petitions against nuclear testing ⓘ |
| motherTongue | English ⓘ |
| movement |
anti–nuclear weapons movement
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civil rights movement ⓘ peace movement ⓘ |
| name | Ava Helen Pauling ⓘ |
| notableWork |
advocacy for civil liberties
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campaigns against nuclear weapons testing ⓘ human rights activism ⓘ support for international peace organizations ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| partnerInActivism | Linus Pauling ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Beavercreek, Oregon, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Quakerism ⓘ |
| residence |
Big Sur, California, United States
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linked to:
Big Sur region of California
Pasadena, California, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Pasadena
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| spouse | Linus Pauling ⓘ |
| supportedCause |
civil liberties protections in the United States
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international cooperation ⓘ nuclear disarmament ⓘ racial equality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ava Helen Pauling Description of subject: Ava Helen Pauling was an American human rights, peace, and civil liberties activist who worked closely with her husband, Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, in campaigns against nuclear weapons testing and for social justice.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ava Helen Pauling
linked to: Ava Helen Pauling
linked to: Ava Helen Pauling
subject linked to:
Pauling family