A protester for the ages ( A must-read!)

[pinboy3niner]

If we need inspiration heading into November, perhaps this 91-year-old woman can teach us a thing or two:



A protester for the ages
Western Mass. activist, 91, holds tight to liberal causes
By David Abel
Globe Staff / September 13, 2010

NORTHAMPTON — Authorities dragged the short woman with white hair out of her congressman’s Springfield office while she protested the Iraq war. She spent a month in federal prison after painting “Thou shalt not kill’’ on missile tubes of nuclear submarines in Connecticut. She has been arrested nine times for trespassing at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

When asked how often she has been hauled away for acts of civil disobedience, Frances Crowe responds with a smile: “Not enough.’’

At age 91, and less than a month after her latest arrest, the veteran protester — who favors socks with sandals, thick glasses, and oversized pins with bold-lettered messages — has no plans to stop agitating.

“At my age, I think I get to pull some rank,’’ she said at her home, which has a wreath shaped in a peace symbol beside the front door and has become an antiwar headquarters for a handful of fellow grizzled militants for peace. “I sense that arresting officers are a little more careful with us. They don’t want me to have a heart attack, I guess.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/09/13/northamptons_frances_crowe_at_91_still_waging_battle_for_peace/?p1=News_links

[Scuba]

1. "Not enough". Great quote.

[MineralMan]

2. An inspiration to us all, I hope!

[pinboy3niner]

5. Hell, if she can still do it at 91, what excuse can we possibly have? nt

[femrap]

3. k and r nt

[csziggy]

4. But---But--she's breaking the law!

Sort of like a kid taking a Quran away from some religious nut who had planned to burn it.

[RoccoR5955]

6. Glad to see that Grandma Frannie is still at it! n/t