Progressive Nation: A Travel Guide with 400+ Left Turns and Inspiring LandmarksChicago Review Press, 2008 - 432 pages A Selection of the Progressive Book ClubFrom the sites of famous sit-ins, marches, and strikes to the locales of events that led to landmark Supreme Court decisions, this inspiring travel guide journeys to more than 400 of the places in the United States that are important to progressive politics. Organized by state, it includes the stories of hundreds of women and men of action who, through creativity and hard work, changed American society for the better. Visit the battlegrounds and celebrate the victories of civil libertarians, feminists, African Americans, gays, lesbians, environmentalists, labor organizers, and media activists. Make a stop at the home of abolitionists Levi and Catharine Coffin, Grand Central Station on the Underground Railroad. Check out Alice's Restaurant Church, the namesake of Arlo Guthrie's song protesting the draft. Learn about the first women's convention held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Seneca Falls at the Women's Hall of Fame. See the site of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago where laborers protested working conditions. Join the many people who pay homage at the grave site of Leonard Matlovich, the gay Vietnam War veteran who fought the U.S. military--and won--when he was wrongfully discharged for homosexuality. Each entry features a listing of books and websites for further information, making this an essential lefty resource. For liberal-minded adventurous travelers, educational family vacationers, and progressives who want to know their history, this book will inspire them to do more than just cast a vote. |
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... Avenues, Hartford, CT 06105 Around 1810, two-year-old Alice Cogswell was left deaf after a bout with spotted fever ... Avenue). In 1921 the American School for the Deaf relocated to West Hartford (139 N. Main Street). The original ...
... Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106 When it was first proposed it was a novel idea. Minister Horace Bushnell offered a solution for the urban eyesore along Hartford's Hog River: a public park. On January 5, 1854, the City of Hartford voted to ...
... Over the next 40 years Dix would be instrumental in establishing 32 —Dorothea Dix, to the Massachusetts legislature hospitals for the mentally ill, including St. Elizabeth's Hospital (2700 MLK Avenue SE) in Washington, D.C.. Maine 13.
... Avenue SE) in Washington, D.C. During the Civil War Dix served as Superintendent of Nurses for the Union Army, well past her 60th birthday. Before the war, female nurses were looked at with skepticism, but not after. Dix retired to New ...
... Avenue, Boston, MA 02210 Food Not Bombs (FNB) began more as a “not bombs” organization than a “food” organization. Keith McHenry and others who were active in the 1970s movement against nuclear power wanted to broaden their scope to ...
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