Mourn Granny D.; Then Organize for Clean Politics

Submitted by Anna on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:28

John Nichols
March 11, 2010

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Published by The Nation.

Doris “Granny D” Haddock, whose 3,200-mile walk across the United States at the age of 90 drew thousands of activists into the movement for political reform, has died Tuesday evening at the age of 100.

The Dublin, New Hampshire, grandmother’s death came ten years and ten days after she finished the remarkable two-year walk, which she undertook to promote the passage of campaign finance reform legislation (in particular the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform law).

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