Doris
Haddock (born Ethel Doris Rollins), better known as "Granny D," captured
international attention when she walked over 3000 miles from California to Washington
DC in support of campaign finance reform. When she reached Washington DC in the
year 2000 after 14 months of walking she was 90 years old! In 2003 and 2004 Granny
D set off on a 23,000 mile tour across the United States encouraging women and
people of poor neighborhoods to get out and vote. Doris Haddock's activism began
in 1960 when she and her husband successfully campaigned against a planned nuclear
bomb test in Alaska. Their efforts saved an Inuit fishing village. At 96, Granny
D still remains active, speaking about election reform.
