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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... moved to Cincinnati , Ohio , where Harriet wit- nessed Kentucky slavery up close . Harriet married Calvin Stowe in 1836. The Stowes moved to Maine in 1850 . Uncle Tom's Cabin was Amer- ica's first popular social protest novel , but was ...
... moved to Worcester , Massachusetts , when she was 12 years old . By 14 she was teaching young children , and by 19 had opened her own school . She might have continued as a teacher had she not collapsed from a lung ailment in 1836. Dix ...
... moved to Vermont. The year? 1968? Try 1932. The Nearings didn't know they were launching the back-to-the- land movement when they put down $300 for the old Ellonen place at the foot of Stratton Mountain, but they were. Over the next 20 ...
... moved to the Maine coast and started all over again. Their second homestead- ing venture, in Harborside, was as successful as the first. Scott lived to be 100 years old, and Helen 91. Their Vermont memoir, Living the Good Life, was ...
... moved to 131 Naples Road ( now 51 Abbottsford Road ) when John was four years old . Robert was born here on November 20 , 1925. JFK's birth- place is open for tours . LEARN MORE Library , www.jfklibrary.org Birthplace , www.nps.gov/jofi ...
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