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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... became the first president of Gallaudet Col- lege ( later Gallaudet University ) in Washington , D.C. ( see page 64 ) . LEARN MORE www.asd-1817.org , ( 860 ) 570-2300 A Deaf Child Listened by Anne E. Neimark ( William Morrow , 1983 ) 6 ...
... became the seminal work of the American environmental movement: Walden; Or Life in the Woods. On Independence Day 1845, needing time and silence to work on A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Thoreau retreated to a one-room ...
... became known as the Bread & Roses Strike began the next day . Only a week earlier the Massachusetts legislature had enacted a law reduc- ing the 56 - hour work week to 54 , so the mills responded by speeding up their looms , and though ...
... became a book , Our Bodies , Ourselves , first published in 1970 by the nonprofit New England Free Press . Its stated purpose was to " empower women with knowledge of their bodies , health , and sexuality . " At a hefty 600+ pages , it ...
... became many kids ' introduction to conservationism , just as The Butter Battle Book ( 1984 ) was a primer on the nuclear arms race . Geisel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 “ for his special contribution over nearly half a century to the ...
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