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Shelley Davis (October 18, 1952 – December 12, 2008) was an American attorney and activist best known for her advocacy of rights and better working conditions for farm workers, particularly child, migrant and seasonal laborers.

Activism

At the time of her death, Davis served as deputy director of the advocacy group Farmworker Justice, where she campaigned against a 2006 Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would have allowed humans to be exposed to pesticides as part of toxicity tests. Her work with Farmworker Justice also took her to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she litigated the case of Bates v. Dow Agrosciences, 544 U.S. 431 (2005), in which Dow Agrosciences attempted to block 29 Texas peanut farmers from suing the company after a pesticide developed by Dow allegedly caused damages to the farmers' crops.^[1]

Prior to working with Farmworker Justice, Davis worked to reform the H-2A program, which allows foreign nationals entry into the United States for temporary or seasonal agricultural work. The efforts of Davis and other labor advocates in monitoring a group of H-2A workers from the Caribbean, allegedly being exploited by the Florida sugar cane industry, served as the basis for the film H-2 Worker. This film won the award for 'Best Documentary' at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival.

Personal life

Davis was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1952. She attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and received a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University in 1978.^[2] She lived in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband and son and died of breast cancer in Washington, D.C. on December 12, 2008.^[3]^[4]

Following her death, the Shelley Davis Memorial Fund was established at Farmwork Justice.^[4]

References

^ "Bates v. Dow Agrosciences". September 3, 2007. Archived from the original on September 3, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ Baron, Sherry; Liebman, Amy K.; Ruiz, Virginia; Steege, Andrea L. (November 2009). "Shelley Davis: Public Health Advocate at the Service of the Farmworker". American Journal of Public Health. 99 (Suppl 3): S505–S507. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.174318. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 2774187. PMID 19890148.
^ Sullivan, Patricia (December 16, 2008). "Activist Attorney Shelley Davis, 56". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Shelley Davis Memorial Fund". Farmworker Justice. Retrieved June 10, 2024.

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