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Mavis Leno
Mavis Elizabeth Nicholson Leno (born September 5, 1946〔(CA Births 1905-1995 )〕) is an American philanthropist, feminist and wife of Jay Leno, the former host of the The Tonight Show.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Mavis Leno: Lives of Afghan Women )〕 They have been married since 1980 and have no children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Jay Leno )〕
A leading feminist in California,〔(【引用サイトリンク】About Campaign )〕 as well as in the United States and internationally, she keeps a low profile in comparison to her husband, choosing instead to work behind the scenes of the non-profit, politically charged groups she supports and runs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Hollywood's Latest Cause: Can A Pack Of Celebrities Save Afghanistan's Women? )〕
Mavis Leno has been the chair of the Feminist Majority Foundation's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan since 1997.〔 In 1999, she and her husband donated $100,000 to the organization, to further the cause of educating the public about the plight of Afghan women under the Taliban.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 So Many Causes, So Little Time. )〕 The organization successfully protested the construction of an oil pipeline through Afghanistan, which could potentially have brought in billions of dollars to the Taliban. According to Melissa Rossi, Mavis Leno was a driving force in changing the opinion of U.S. President Bill Clinton and the executives of the now defunct oil company Unocal Corporation concerning the Taliban, after Leno had shed light on the group's treatment of women.〔
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