90-year-old Doris Haddock ("Granny D") completes a 14-month cross country walk to advocate campaign finance reform.
Doris Haddock was a political activist who began in 1960 when she campaigned against hydrogen bomb nuclear testing with her husband. On January 1st, 1999, after the Rose Bowl Parade, Doris Haddock, who renamed her middle name to 'Granny D', began walking across the united States to try to gain awareness to campaign finance reform. She made many speeches along the way, and when she arrived in Washington D.C., many members of Congress walked alongside her for her final miles.
Doris Haddock was a political activist who began in 1960 when she campaigned against hydrogen bomb nuclear testing with her husband. On January 1st, 1999, after the Rose Bowl Parade, Doris Haddock, who renamed her middle name to 'Granny D', began walking across the united States to try to gain awareness to campaign finance reform. She made many speeches along the way, and when she arrived in Washington D.C., many members of Congress walked alongside her for her final miles.