Bio/Wiki
| Birth name | Ingrid Elizabeth Ward |
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Physical Stats & More
| Height | 165 cm |
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| Eye Color | Blue |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
Educational Qualification(s)
| School | The Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi, India; Ware Grammar School for Girls (now known as Presdales School), Ware, England |
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| Educational Qualification | A course in stockbroking |
Personal Life
| Religion | Atheism |
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| Food Habit | Vegan |
Relationships & More
| Marital Status | Divorced |
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| Affairs/Boyfriends | Alex Pacheco |
Family
| Father | Noel Oswald Wodehouse Ward (navigational engineer) |
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| Mother | Mary Patricia Ward (social worker) |
| Siblings | None |
| Spouse | Steve Newkirk (race car driver) (m.1968-div.1980) |
| Children | None |
Career
| Awards, Honours, Achievements | • Washingtonian of the Year (1980) • Courage of Conscience Award (1995) • Shining World Compassion Award (2007) • Ahimsa Award (2014) • Peter Singer Prize for Strategies to Reduce the Suffering of Animals (2016) |
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Favourites
| Hobbies | Auto Racing, Sumo Wrestling |
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Some Lesser Known Facts
| Ingrid Newkirk founded PETA, an animal rights organization. | |
| Her parents, Noel and Mary, met during WWII. | |
| Ingrid grew up in different places, including England, Scotland, and India. | |
| She volunteered packing pills and feeding stray animals. | |
| Her first activism was witnessing animal mistreatment in India. | |
| Ingrid became a vegetarian and later went vegan. | |
| PETA was founded in 1980 with Alex Pacheco. | |
| Under her leadership, PETA achieved significant milestones. | |
| She authored books on animal rights. | |
| Ingrid is known for provocative publicity stunts. | |
| She included satirical instructions in her will regarding her burial. |