Gaylord Nelson and Earth Day

A living tradition: people forever changed

Explore a letter from Dorothy Bradley, a young woman who decided to run for state office on Earth Day, and won

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Sources and Credits:
Document	Wisconsin Historical Society, Nelson Collection mss1020
Photographs	Credit: White House photographer. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society, Nelson Collection mss1020 ph3764.
Research and Text	Brian Hamilton
Editor	Melanie McCalmont

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start here Gaylord Nelson biograpical sketch growing up in Clear Lake new Governor, new Party for Wisconsin joining the liberal revolution in DC redefining environmentalism in the 1960s Earth Day: simple idea, world of change building the 'Environmental Decade' a former Senator fights on the Nelson legacy: for us and our future

start here Earth Day: an introduction modest beginnings: Nelson's idea proposal printed across the U.S. choosing not to be in charge a diverse coalition of supporters organizing at the grassroots April 22, 1970 Earth Day critics the living tradition of Earth Day

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