Granny D
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I believe America's best days are ahead of us...
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99 years old
United States
Last Login: 9/27/2005
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| General | “We have a duty to look after each other. If we lose control of our government, then we lose our ability to disperse justice and human kindness. Our first priority today, then, is to defeat utterly those forces of greed and corruption that have come between us and our self-governance.”
-- Doris “Granny D.” Haddock | | Books | "Granny D: You're Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell"
The trade paperback edition is available from Random House, via your favorite neighborhood or online bookstore. If you don't have a favorite store, order it from Doris's favorite store in town.
The extraordinary book has been required reading for incoming freshmen at a number of colleges and universities. Here's what people say about Doris and her book:
"Doris Haddock is a true patriot, and our nation has been blessed by her remarkable life. Her story will entertain, inform, and inspire people of all ages for generations to come." --Jimmy Carter
"Doris, your book is one of a half dozen --including Silent Spring and Walden-- which have turned my life around." --Pete Seeger
"The soul of a citizen shines through these pages." --Bill Moyers
"I believe she represents all that is good in America. She has taken up this struggle to clean up American politics ... Granny D, you exceed any small, modest contributions those of us who have labored in the vineyards of reform have made to this Earth. We are grateful for you." --Sen. John McCain
"A stunning portrait of the American soul."--Library Journal
"Huck is present in this book, as are Thoreau and Whitman, and Jack Kerouac, too."--Keene Sentinel
"Her book is one of the finest I have ever read, about life, travel, friendship, growing up, growing wise, persevering, and humor. It is a life transformer. And a darned good read. --Linda Marsella
Doris "Granny D" Haddock's
classic memoir!
Doris Haddock
P.O. Box 492
Dublin, New Hampshire 03444 |
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| Status: | Single | | Zodiac Sign: | Aquarius |
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About me:
Born January 24, 1910 in Laconia, New Hampshire, Doris Granny D Haddock attended Emerson College for 3 years before marrying James Haddock. She was awarded an honorary degree from the college in 2000. Haddock worked and raised her family during the Great Depression, and later worked in a shoe factory in Manchester for twenty years.
With her husband, Jim, she helped stop the planned use of hydrogen bombs in Alaska in 1960, saving an Inuit fishing village at Point Hope. The couple retired to Dublin, NH in 1972, where Doris served on the Planning Board and was active in community affairs. She nursed Jim through 10 years of Alzheimer’s disease.
After the defeat of Senator McCain and Senator Feingold's first attempt to remove unregulated "soft" money from campaigns in 1995, Haddock became interested in campaign reform and led a petition movement. On January 1, 1999, at the age of 89, she began a walk across the country to demonstrate her concern for the issue, walking ten miles each day for fourteen months and making speeches along the way. When she arrived in Washington, D.C., Granny D was met by 2,200 people, representing a wide variety of reform groups. Several dozen Members of Congress walked the final miles with her.
When the presumed Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate dropped out of the race days before the filing deadline in June of this year, Granny D – having just completed a more than 22,000 mile voter registration effort directed at working women – surprised everyone by deciding to challenge the incumbent.
She is running on the same message she has walked long for: our nation’s leaders have been corrupted by special interests dollars and no longer represent the interests of their constituents. Her candidacy will prove that ordinary people can run for office and win with the support of small donations from individuals.
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“You need to have a purpose to your life, and you need friends. Friends often come from your commitments, your passions. If you are all alone, it is usually a sign that you need to commit yourself to your beliefs. . . . You need to give yourself away.”
--Granny D.
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