Doris Haddock



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Doris Haddock

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born
in Laconia, New Hampshire, The United States
January 24, 1910

died
March 09, 2010

gender
female

genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction


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Doris "Granny D" Haddock was an American politician and liberal political activist from the state of New Hampshire. Between 1999 and 2000, over a span of fourteen months, Haddock walked 3,200 miles across the continental United States to advocate campaign finance reform. In 2004 she ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic challenger to incumbent Republican Judd Gregg for the U.S. Senate.

Haddock's walk across the country followed a southern route and took more than a year to complete, starting on January 1, 1999, in southern California and ending in Washington D.C. on February 29, 2000.

Haddock requested a name change of her middle name to "Granny D", the name by which she had long been known. On August 19, 2004, Haddock's request was officially g...more


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Granny D: Walking Across Am...
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Granny D: You're Never Too ...
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Quotes by Doris Haddock

“I'm not against the corporations. They are our wealth. But they are getting too greedy. I don't want to do away with corporations. I want them to make our cars, however, not our laws.”
― Doris Haddock
tags: corporations, politics, reform
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“There are two kinds of politics in the world: the politics of love and the politics of fear.”
― Doris Haddock
tags: fear, love, politics
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“Let us choose life and love, and happily use our selves up in loving service to one another.”
― Doris Haddock
tags: love, service
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