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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... LEARN MORE Sicko ( 2007 ) Augusta Samantha Reed Smith , " America's Littlest Ambassador ". www.dirigohealth.maine.gov Sick by Jonathan Cohn ( HarperCollins , 2007 ) Harriet Beecher Stowe , c . 1880 William Lloyd Garrison. 10 MAINE.
... Samantha Reed Smith , in her letter to Yuri Andropov LEARN MORE Journey to the Soviet Union by Samantha Smith ( Little , Brown and Company , 1984 ) Brunswick Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin First Parish Maine 11.
... LEARN MORE Library , www.jfklibrary.org Birthplace , www.nps.gov/jofi , ( 617 ) 566-7937 John F. Kennedy by Michael O'Brien ( Thomas Dunn , 2005 ) An Unfinished Life by Robert Dallek ( Little , Brown and Company , 2003 ) Great ...
... Learning to understand , accept , and be responsible for our phys- ical selves , we are freed of some of these ... LEARN MORE Our Bodies , Ourselves : A New Edition for a New Era by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective ...
... LEARN MORE www.catinthehat.org/memorial.htm Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel by Judith and Neil Morgan ( Random House , 1995 ) Watertown Perkins School for the Blind 175 N. Beacon Street , Watertown , MA 02472 ( 617 ) 924-3434 With a property ...
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