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Grassroots Grasshopper Campaign Tours Virginia
McGovern campaign troupe known as Grasshopper Team travels Virginia from Washington to Portsmouth with Gloria Steinem and Liz Carpenter aboard. The eight women and four others march to rally around unemployment and the Vietnam War, drawing crowds up to about 1,000 in Norfolk.
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McGovern
Virginia
Norfolk, Va
George McGovern
Grasshopper
Gloria Steinem
Liz Carpenter
Terry McGovern
Grasshoppers
Washington
Larry O’brien
Fredericksburg
Richmond
Williamsburg
Hampton Institute
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Carpenter
Mills Godwin
Women’s Movement
Ms. Magazine
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Lake Wright