Doris Haddock (a.k.a. Granny D) age 89 in 1999 when began walking 3,200 miles from Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. to promote campaign finance reform. She covered 10 miles a day, skiing when necessary, and relied on the kindness of strangers for housing and meals over the 14 months her journey took. At 94, Granny D unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate, one of the oldest candidates to pursue a national office. Read Who Cares? about the struggle for dignity at Woodruff Home for the Aged, “a lively place where old people go to die.” Learn more about the book and its characters, aged 9-90, in NOVELS.
This nonagenarian walked cross-country in favor of campaign finance reform
Woodruff Home for the Aged, a lively place where old people go to die
