The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nation’s political agenda. By Earth Day 2000 participation had exploded to 500 million people in 167 countries. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press |
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... Milwaukee , shaking hands with more than two thousand people during his twenty - four - hour stint . He campaigned at cocktail parties , plant gates , police stations , businesses , wedding receptions , restaurants , tav- erns ...
... Milwaukee public opinion firm the week before the election had Nelson leading by 20 percent . Pat Lucey predicted a 100,000 - vote Democratic majority in Milwaukee County and a landslide for the state ticket . Democrats sensed another ...
... Milwaukee , civil rights movement in , 223 Milwaukee Association of Commerce , 105 219 , Milwaukee Journal , 53 , 59 , 64 , 69 , 72 , 88 , 92 , 94 , 95 , 108-9 , 135 , 136 , 149 , 163 , 194 , 216 , 267 , 291 , 293-94 Milwaukee Journal ...
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